Their Work Quotes
399 quotes by 355 authors
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I would prefer to have invented a machine that people could use and that would help farmers with their work - for example a lawnmower.
— Mikhail Kalashnikov
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Viktor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor and the author of Man's Search for Meaning, wrote that human beings create meaning in three ways: thought their work,…
— Eric Greitens
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It is the job of artists to open doors and invite in prophesies, the unknown, the unfamiliar; it’s where their work comes from, although its…
— Rebecca Solnit
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Art schools are partly the villain here. (Never mind that I teach in them.) This generation of artists is the first to have been so…
— Jerry Saltz
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As a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in,…
— Taiye Selasi
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Creative people have to believe in the value of their work. If you don’t have any belief then you can’t give anything—designing is an act…
— Peter Saville
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But when I went to Hiroshima and began to study or just listen to people's descriptions of their work, it was quite clear they were…
— Robert Jay Lifton
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When the motives of artists are profound, when they are at their work as a result of deep consideration, when they believe in the importance…
— Robert Henri
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A lot of artists are much more concerned about how their work is used and how it's disseminated. That, to artists, is as important as…
— Hilary Rosen
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I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work.
— Edward Tufte
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I have created nothing really beautiful, really lasting, but if I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess,…
— Augusta Savage
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A paycheck is a sufficient impetus to motivate some employees to do the minimum amount to get by, and for others, the challenge of getting…
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Anyone can carry their burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do their work, however hard, for one day.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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Around me I saw women overworked and underpaid, doing men's work at half men's wages, not because their work was inferior, but because they were…
— Anna Howard Shaw
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The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves." Ray Kroc "If some of today's leaders don't relearn the value…
— Ken Blanchard
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I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work.
— Jane Badler
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...those who sit at their work and are therefore called 'chair workers,' such as cobblers and tailors, suffer from their own particular diseases ... [T]hese…
— Bernardino Ramazzini
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Those who want to share their code can make products and share their work without additional legal risks.
— Eben Moglen
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The most important consideration I have is I want my legislative shop to have a functional office suite that is conducive to getting their work…
— Steve Womack
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The biggest takeaway for anyone seeking to write is this: don't go looking for the way other authors do their work. You won't find many…
— Seth Godin
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