My Work Quotes

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As an experienced artist, I carry my work like a secret pregnancy. I am always aware of inner life and the need to protect it. — Julia Cameron
Even Michelangelo on his deathbed thought he'd done nothing to ennoble art. He wanted to destroy his work-the Pieta! And this from the greatest artist… — John Huston
If there is any message to my work, it is ultimately that it's ok to be different. — Johnny Depp
I am now going from a prison to a palace: I have finished my work, and am now going to receive my wages. — Christopher Love
I get out my work and have a show for myself before I have it publicly. I make up my own mind about it-how good… — Georgia O'Keeffe
I never read anything concerning my work. I feel that criticism is a letter to the public which the author, since it is not directed… — Rainer Maria Rilke
To have people like my work, even if it's my old work, I can't ask for nothing nicer than that. — Henry Winkler
My work is more about trying to ask good questions and not trying to come up with big shows. Every fashion company is doing that,… — Laurie Anderson
As I don't consider myself exceptional, but simply a storyteller, each of my stories is really a period of my life. Deep down I feel… — Federico Fellini
So somebody comes along and gets to me. They get me angry or uptight or they awaken some desire in me, wow am I delighted.… — Ram Dass
I try to say one thing with my work: A book is a wonderful place to be. A book is a package, a gift package,… — Ellen Raskin
When I'm asked about my work, I try to explain that there is no mystery involved. It is work. But things happen all the time… — Annie Leibovitz
There is in my work a very strong religious foreground and background. In the later work some of that tends to diminish, but it's certainly… — Chaim Potok
If there's anything I'm not pompous about, it's myself or my work. But I seem to be able to play it. — William Shatner
I willingly trust myself to chance. I let my thoughts wander, I digress, not only sitting at my work, but all day long, all night… — Simone de Beauvoir
I see more and more that my work goes infinitely better when I am properly fed, and the paints are there, and the studio and… — Vincent Van Gogh
I've never felt a desire (and I don't believe I ever shall) to bring the public to my work... a certain popularity seems to me… — Vincent Van Gogh
When I was just starting out, I met Cartier-Bresson. He wasn't young in age but, in his mind, he was the youngest person I'd ever… — Sebastiao Salgado
But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain? — Billie Burke
The people of Sydney who can speak of my work without a smile are very scarce. — Lawrence Hargrave
I have never lost a total passion for my work. — Jack Lemmon
The idea of trying to create things that last-forever knowledge-has guided my work for a long time now. — Edward Tufte
Through my handicaps, I have found my self, my work, my God. — Helen Keller
People often ask me if I'm working on a book. That's not how I feel. I feel like I work in a book. It's like… — David McCullough
The moment always dictates in my work. What I feel, I do. This is the most important thing for me. Everybody can look, but they… — Andre Kertesz

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