My Work Quotes

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I particularly remember the time I gave (the research director) my paper on the banking industry. I felt very proud of my work. However, he… — Stanley Druckenmiller
You should be able to look at me and see my work. You should be able to look at my work and see me. — Roy DeCarava
I'm just trying to make my favorite music. That's how I work; I just do things based on the way they feel to me. I… — Rick Rubin
I don't want people poking around in my private stuff. They've no business in it. My work is what I give to people, that's my… — Brendan Gleeson
The older I get, the more of a recluse I turn into. I love the social aspect of my work. It’s like a commune and… — Ben Daniels
We are always in the space in-between... all the spaces where you are not actually at home. You haven't arrived yet.... This is where our… — Marina Abramovic
I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession. — Bela Lugosi
My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.' — Oscar Niemeyer
My work disturbs people and nobody wants to be disturbed. They are not fully aware of the effect my work has on them, but they… — Louise Bourgeois
A work of art does not need an explanation. The work has to speak for itself. The work may be subject to many interpretations, but… — Louise Bourgeois
My work has to do with a defense against fervor. People are always in a rush. To do what? To do nothing! There is a… — Louise Bourgeois
Weep not for me. Rather let your tears flow for the sorrows of the multitude. My work is done. Like a ripe fruit I admit… — Lucretia Mott
It was all a back-handed blessing, and my friends were the ones who kept the faith, read my work, and urged me to submit it… — Leslie Banks
All I can do in my writing is to stimulate a certain amount of thought, clarify some technical facts and date my work. But when… — Ansel Adams
I do most of my work sitting down; that's where I shine. — Robert Benchley
I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time — Thucydides
The absence of romance from my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest; but if it be judged useful by those inquirers who… — Thucydides
I do things differently, because I don't go by a rule book, because I lead from the heart, not the head, and albeit that's got… — Princess Diana
A lot of my work goes to the center of where we belong--if there is any root to life -because nowadays the family is broken… — Arthur Miller
I couldn’t get near what I wanted through seeing, recognizing and recreating, so I stood the problem on its head. I started studying squares, rectangles,… — Bridget Riley
In my work a good library is essential. It enables me to learn the background and previous discussions of the various issues I am called… — Sandra Day O'Connor
Everybody has a hard job. All real work is hard. My work happened also to be undoable. Morning after morning for 50 years, I faced… — Philip Roth
In many respects, my work is very enjoyable, for I seem to get on pretty well with the fellows and enjoy the work of instruction… — John Gresham Machen
Listen closely. There’s a remote possibility that you might learn something: First, I don’t give a damn if my work is commercial or not…I’m the… — John Fante
The secret subversive goal of my work is to show that women, not just lesbians, are regular human beings. — Alison Bechdel

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