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title: "23 Making Work Quotes by 23 authors"
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> [There's nothing like the spontaneity of making something work on stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frankie-grande/there-s-nothing-like-the-spontaneity-of-making-something-work-on-stage/)

[Frankie Grande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frankie-grande/)

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> [“This is love. Me and him, making it work.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/k-bromberg/this-is-love-me-and-him-making-it-work/)

[K. Bromberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/k-bromberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/k-bromberg-3429_colton-donavan_this-is-love-me-and-him-making-it-work-2_2935535.jpg)

> [ “If she's faking it you still have a shot at making it work \[...\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walsh/if-she-s-faking-it-you-still-have-a-shot-at-making-it-work/)

[Alice Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walsh/)

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> [“We live in a world that’s always making us work for love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/we-live-in-a-world-that-s-always-making-us-work-for-love/)

[Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/)

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> [Computing is no more about work - it's all about making work happen with computers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pranav-mistry/computing-is-no-more-about-work-it-s-all-about-making-work-happen/)

[Pranav Mistry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pranav-mistry/)

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> [My methodology is not knowing what I'm doing and making that work for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stone-gossard/my-methodology-is-not-knowing-what-i-m-doing-and-making-that-work-for/)

[Stone Gossard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stone-gossard/)

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> [Making work without memory is probably one of my biggest fears. It would be indistinguishable from work that is lazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-maxwell/making-work-without-memory-is-probably-one-of-my-biggest-fears-it/)

Richard Maxwell

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> [I like making work in my studio day in and day out, but I'm not so interested in the business side](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-saville/i-like-making-work-in-my-studio-day-in-and-day-out-but-i-m-not-so/)

[Jenny Saville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-saville/)

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> [I feel quite comfortable and happy with making a work that looks like it could have been made by somebody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shrigley/i-feel-quite-comfortable-and-happy-with-making-a-work-that-looks-like/)

[David Shrigley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shrigley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/david-shrigley-23041_comfortable_i-feel-quite-comfortable-and-happy-with_1220369.jpg)

> [Some scripts you read and say, 'I've just got to do this' and you find a way of making it work. Some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miranda-otto/some-scripts-you-read-and-say-i-ve-just-got-to-do-this-and-you-find-a/)

[Miranda Otto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miranda-otto/)

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> [I think this, I think basically I'm not interested in people following my work or making work like my work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-serra/i-think-this-i-think-basically-i-m-not-interested-in-people-following/)

[Richard Serra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-serra/)

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> [The thought of making work that's easily consumed and quickly forgotten - what's the point? I want my work to be cohesive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tift-merritt/the-thought-of-making-work-that-s-easily-consumed-and-quickly/)

[Tift Merritt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tift-merritt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/tift-merritt-25395_age_the-thought-of-making-work-that-s-easily_1318618.jpg)

> [Decisions are being made a mile a minute while you're making the work, and it has to come out of experience and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-olitski/decisions-are-being-made-a-mile-a-minute-while-you-re-making-the-work/)

[Jules Olitski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-olitski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/jules-olitski-37404_choices_decisions-are-being-made-a-mile-a-minute_1696124.jpg)

> [When there wasn't a lot of work, I wrote a screenplay, 'What Lies Beneath,' which got noticed and got me more acting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clark-gregg/when-there-wasn-t-a-lot-of-work-i-wrote-a-screenplay-what-lies/)

[Clark Gregg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clark-gregg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c7/clark-gregg-10351_able_when-there-wasn-t-a-lot-of-work-i-wrote_1889376.jpg)

> [My strength is in finding ways to make the government work for the people: finding waste, or money that is not being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tammy-duckworth/my-strength-is-in-finding-ways-to-make-the-government-work-for-the/)

[Tammy Duckworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tammy-duckworth/)

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> [The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cruise/the-thing-about-film-making-is-i-give-it-everything-that-s-why-i-work/)

[Tom Cruise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cruise/)

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> [It's a completely different way of working when you have your own place for recording. It's like if you were a painter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-jones/it-s-a-completely-different-way-of-working-when-you-have-your-own/)

[Kelly Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a44/kelly-jones-19510_different_it-s-a-completely-different-way-of-worki_528495.png)

> [We have an industrial base - one that, if made to take orders rather than being allowed in the vacuum of leadership…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-tumlinson/we-have-an-industrial-base-one-that-if-made-to-take-orders-rather/)

[Rick Tumlinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-tumlinson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/rick-tumlinson-8365_create_we-have-an-industrial-base-one-that-if-m_2124865.jpg)

> [Making work for me is being in the world, but it's also being specific about being in the world. I'm interested in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoe-leonard/making-work-for-me-is-being-in-the-world-but-it-s-also-being-specific/)

[Zoe Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoe-leonard/)

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> [When I see my work in a gallery I often wonder how I got to this point. Sometimes the process of making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/polixeni-papapetrou/when-i-see-my-work-in-a-gallery-i-often-wonder-how-i-got-to-this/)

[Polixeni Papapetrou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/polixeni-papapetrou/)

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> [There are two aspects to making movies: One is the feeling of wanting to push myself into stuff that I don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-bujalski/there-are-two-aspects-to-making-movies-one-is-the-feeling-of-wanting/)

[Andrew Bujalski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-bujalski/)

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> [I started making work, and it's like, yes you are calling out all of these things that are part of your memory,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-drew/i-started-making-work-and-it-s-like-yes-you-are-calling-out-all-of/)

[Leonardo Drew](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-drew/)

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> [Making art now means working in the face of uncertainty; it means living with doubt and contradiction, doing something no one much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/making-art-now-means-working-in-the-face-of-uncertainty-it-means/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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