Doing nothing Quotes by Nancy Hale

It seems as if when you try to do just one thing and nothing but, you can't do it at all. You do everything…

— Nancy Hale

Creation lives alone in a small temple. Only one may worship at a time.

— Nancy Hale

To do anything, it is first necessary to be doing nothing.

— Nancy Hale

After my mother's death, I began to see her as she had really been.... It was less like losing someone than discovering someone.

— Nancy Hale

Malicious gossip takes the place of creation in non-creative lives.

— Nancy Hale

In order to go anywhere it is necessary to be where one is.

— Nancy Hale

Mine! There isn't any such thing as mine. The world slips slithering through my fingers.

— Nancy Hale

one must find one's natural home, not try to construct it.

— Nancy Hale

The dead hand of research lies heavy on too many novels.

— Nancy Hale

The dark has to be contained in the light or the light will be contained in the dark.

— Nancy Hale

Never give away your work. People don’t value what they don’t have to pay for.

— Nancy Hale

The best work of artists in any age is the work of innocence liberated by technical knowledge. The laboratory experiments that led to the…

— Nancy Hale