---
title: "1 Work Opposite Quotes By Raoul Vaneigem"
description: "1 Work Opposite quotes by Raoul Vaneigem. Plus more from Raoul Vaneigem and more Work Opposite sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df5/raoul-vaneigem-12504_creativity_work-is-the-opposite-of-creativity-15070_1507045.jpg"
---

> [Work is the opposite of creativity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/work-is-the-opposite-of-creativity/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df5/raoul-vaneigem-12504_creativity_work-is-the-opposite-of-creativity-15070_1507045.jpg)

## More by Raoul Vaneigem

> [Everything has been said yet few have taken advantage of it. Since all our knowledge is essentially banal, it can only be of value…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/everything-has-been-said-yet-few-have-taken-advantage-of-it-since-all/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

> [In the twentieth century, death terrifies men less than the absence of real life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/in-the-twentieth-century-death-terrifies-men-less-than-the-absence-of/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

> [There are more truths in twenty-four hours of a man's life than in all the philosophies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/there-are-more-truths-in-twenty-four-hours-of-a-man-s-life-than-in/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

> [I do not dream of a gentle revolution. My passion runs to the violence of supersession, the ferocity of a life that renounces nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/i-do-not-dream-of-a-gentle-revolution-my-passion-runs-to-the-violence/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

> [“To talk of a modern work of art enduring is sillier than talking of the eternal values of Standard Oil.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/to-talk-of-a-modern-work-of-art-enduring-is-sillier-than-talking-of/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

> [“there is something admirable ... to have to coexist ... some thousands of souls for whom even the hope of a last judgment has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/there-is-something-admirable-to-have-to-coexist-some-thousands-of/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

> [Ideally a book would have no order in it, and the reader would have to discover his own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/ideally-a-book-would-have-no-order-in-it-and-the-reader-would-have-to/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

> [In the twentieth century, death terrifies men less than the absence of real life. All these dead, mechanized, specialized actions, stealing a little bit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/in-the-twentieth-century-death-terrifies-men-less-than-the-absence-of-2/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

> [Never before has a civilization reached such a degree of a contempt for life; never before has a generation, drowned in mortification, felt such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/never-before-has-a-civilization-reached-such-a-degree-of-a-contempt/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

> [Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume; the hellish cycle is complete.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/work-to-survive-survive-by-consuming-survive-to-consume-the-hellish/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

> [We have a world of pleasure to win, and nothing to lose but boredom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/we-have-a-world-of-pleasure-to-win-and-nothing-to-lose-but-boredom/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

> [In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/in-an-industrial-society-which-confuses-work-and-productivity-the/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

> [To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/to-be-rich-nowadays-merely-means-to-possess-a-large-number-of-poor/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

> [Never before has a civilization reached such a degree of a contempt for life; never before has a generTo be rich nowadays merely means…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/never-before-has-a-civilization-reached-such-a-degree-of-a-contempt-2/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

> [The millions of human beings who were shot, tortured, starved, treated like animals and made the object of a conspiracy of ridicule, can sleep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/the-millions-of-human-beings-who-were-shot-tortured-starved-treated/)

[Raoul Vaneigem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raoul-vaneigem/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-opposite/raoul-vaneigem/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Work Opposite Quotes By Raoul Vaneigem",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Work is the opposite of creativity.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Raoul Vaneigem"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raoul-vaneigem/work-is-the-opposite-of-creativity/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df5/raoul-vaneigem-12504_creativity_work-is-the-opposite-of-creativity-15070_1507045.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df5/raoul-vaneigem-12504_creativity_work-is-the-opposite-of-creativity-15070_1507045.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df5/raoul-vaneigem-12504_creativity_work-is-the-opposite-of-creativity-15070_1507045.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Work is the opposite of creativity.” — Raoul Vaneigem",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-opposite/raoul-vaneigem/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-opposite/raoul-vaneigem/",
            "name": "Work Opposite Quotes by Raoul Vaneigem",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-opposite/raoul-vaneigem/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df5/raoul-vaneigem-12504_creativity_work-is-the-opposite-of-creativity-15070_1507045.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Work Opposite quotes by Raoul Vaneigem. Plus more from Raoul Vaneigem and more Work Opposite sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-opposite/raoul-vaneigem/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-opposite/raoul-vaneigem/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Work Opposite",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-opposite/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Raoul Vaneigem",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-opposite/raoul-vaneigem/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```