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Work Quotes by Vincent Van Gogh
- It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill - it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an…
- It seems to me it's a painter's duty to try to put an idea into his work.
- I can't work without a model. I won't say I turn my back on nature ruthlessly in order to turn a study into a picture,…
- It constantly remains a source of disappointment to me that my drawings are not yet what I want them to be. The difficulties are indeed…
- Whatever plan one makes, there is a hidden difficulty somewhere.
- But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I see that nature has told me something, has spoken to…
- What am I in the eyes of most people - a nonentity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - somebody who has no position in…
- My opinion is that the best thing would be to work on till art lovers feel drawn toward it of their own accord, instead of…
- It must be a good thing to die conscious of having performed some real good, and to know that by this work one will live,…
- I am not strictly speaking mad, for my mind is absolutely normal in the intervals, and even more so than before. But during the attacks…
- 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…
- 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…
- I am risking my life for my work, and half my reason has gone.
- In order to work and to become an artist one needs love. At least, one who wants sentiment in his work must in the first…
- For me work is an absolute necessity, indeed I can't really drag it out, I take no more pleasure in anything than in work, that's…
- If I succeed in putting some warmth and love into the work, then it will find friends. Carrying on working is the
- Love makes one calmer about things, and that way, one is fit for one's work.
- If you work diligently... without saying to yourself beforehand, 'I want to make this or that,' if you work as though you were making a…
- What am I in most people's eyes? A nonentity or an eccentric and disagreeable man... I should want my work to show what is in…
- If I were to think of and dwell on disastrous possibilities, I could do nothing. I throw myself headlong into my work, and come up…
- I work even in the middle of the day, in the full sunshine, and I enjoy it like a cicada.
- I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.
- One must work and dare if one really wants to live.
- Love is eternal -- the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is…
- But for one's health as you say, it is very necessary to work in the garden and see the flowers growing.
More Work Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle
- I try to work on shows that I would want to watch. — J. J. Abrams
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work. — Richard Bach