Best Work Quotes

181 quotes by 168 authors

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. — Francis Bacon
U2's best work has always been when we didn't know what we're doing. — Bono
To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done… — David Bowie
If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world… — Dale Carnegie
My best work is often almost unconscious and occurs ahead of my ability to understand it. — Sam Abell
It is always the case with the best work, that it is misrepresented, and disparaged at first, for it takes a curiously long time for… — Francis Galton
Everyone works hard when they want to, when they get quick results, when it's convenient to put forth effort. The best work hard when they… — Peter Vidmar
The writer must be in it; he can't be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes… — Arthur Miller
Whenever I'm asked to identify my best work, or my favorite, my answer has always been the same - 'My next one!' — Ken Danby
Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. — Dale Carnegie
You do your best work if you do a job that makes you happy. — Bob Ross
Fear does its best work in isolation. Courage wears the face of your ability to love and be loved. Breakthrough happens when you discover your… — Lynn Jones
But I did not always know just what it was I wanted to photograph. I believe it is important for a photographer to discover this,… — Bill Brandt
Landscape pictures can offer us, I think, three verities: geography, autobiography, and metaphor. Geography is, if taken alone, sometimes boring, autobiography is frequently trivial, and… — Robert Adams
It is essential for the photographer to know the effect of his lenses. The lens is his eye, and it makes or ruins his pictures.… — Bill Brandt
That man's best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature's infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this… — Lydia M. Child
I think Gram did his best work in co-writes. Sometimes when you're working with one other person, it's such a magical thing. You're editing each… — Chris Hillman
Everyone has his own particular talent, niche and interests. Which isn't to say that you shouldn't try new genres or styles or explore forms other… — Kevin Alexander
People say you make your best work when in despair, but I think happiness is a good place to write from — Paul Weller
Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. I therefore show you only the best… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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