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Work Quotes by Lewis Hyde
- An essential portion of any artist’s labor is not creation so much as invocation. Part of the work cannot be made, it must be received;…
- The passage into mystery always refreshes. If, when we work, we can look once a day upon the face of mystery, then our labor satisfies.…
- What is it about a work of art, even when it is bought and sold in the market, that makes us distinguish it from .…
- Art does not organize parties, nor is it the servant or colleague of power. Rather, the work of art becomes a political force simply through…
- Most artists are brought to their vocation when their own nascent gifts are awakened by the work of a master. That is to say, most…
- Erik Erikson has commented: Potentially creative men like (Bernard) Shaw build the personal fundament of their work during a self-decreed moratorium, during which they often…
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- Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and… — Lance Armstrong
- Successful people don't relax on a chair. They feel relaxed with their work. They sleep with their dreams and wake up with… — Ritu Ghatourey
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different hats; to… — Kevin Bacon
- Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck to me… — Lucille Ball
- Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory. — Ralph Waldo Emerson