Own Work Quotes

166 quotes by 155 authors

I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets. That kind of… — Paul Auster
I would be far more critical than any reviewer could be of my own work. So I simply don't read them. — John Banville
God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal. — Samuel Butler
As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide. — Jane Campion
Hast thou reason? I have. Why then dost not thou use it? For if this does its own work, what else dost thou wish? — Marcus Aurelius
In 1945 J.A. Ratcliffe ... suggested that I [join his group at Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge] to start an investigation of the radio emission from the… — Martin Ryle
A virtuous man concentrates on his own work, not that of others. — Zengzi
As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of possibilities,… — Jasper Johns
I somehow sensed when I was a teenager that I wanted to do my own work. I was quite clear that I didn't want to… — Meredith Monk
Perfect Freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work, and in that work does what he wants to do. — Robin G. Collingwood
All sciences are connected; they lend each other material aid as parts of one great whole, each doing its own work, not for itself alone,… — Roger Bacon
During my span of life science has become a matter of public concern and the l'art pour l'art standpoint of my youth is now obsolete.… — Max Born
In a community of human beings working together, the well-being of the community will be the greater, the less the individual claims for himself the… — Rudolf Steiner
Its [the anthropological method] power to make us understand the roots from which our civilization has sprung, that it impresses us with the relative value… — Franz Boas
I have a feeling that art is something you do for yourself, and that any time you turn your decisions over to someone else you're… — William Stafford
Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written about. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A writer judging his own work is like deceived husband - he is frequently the last person to appreciate the true state of affairs. — John D. Voelker
I am not very interested in extraordinary angles. They can be effective on certain occasions, but I do not feel the necessity for them in… — Bill Brandt
Man is the only slave. And he is the only animal who enslaves. He has always been a slave in one form or another, and… — Mark Twain
Whether for life or death, do your own work well. — John Ruskin

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