Work Comes Quotes

35 quotes by 34 authors

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until… — Wystan Hugh Auden
It is quite wrong to think of old age as a downward slope. On the contrary, one climbs higher and higher with the ad-vancing years,… — George Sand
You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem with modernink from a bottle. You do not have… — Amy Tan
Most of my work comes from ideas. I can usually do only a few versions of each idea. Land Art and Body Art were particularly… — Dennis Oppenheim
Look, if you can indulge in your passion, life will be far more interesting than if you're just working.Â You'll work harder at it, and… — Richard Branson
It can pay off, being a hack. Given the depraved state of American culture, a slick dude can make millions being a hack. But even… — Steven Pressfield
The work comes into the world at an undetermined hour, from a still unknown, but it comes inevitably. — Giacomo Puccini
I go to my studio every day. Some days work comes easily. Other days nothing happens. Yet on the good days the inspiration is only… — Beverly Pepper
My work comes from the experience of crowds, injustice, and aggressionâ€¦ I feel an affinity for art when it was made a form of existence,… — Magdalena Abakanowicz
It is the job of artists to open doors and invite in prophesies, the unknown, the unfamiliar; itâ€™s where their work comes from, although its… — Rebecca Solnit
Very often out of adversity that's when the best work comes. — Tom Cochrane
Inspiration is hogwash. My work comes directly out of my loves and hates. Muses don't whisper in my ear, and ideas don't flow over my… — James Victore
The best work comes from people who are motivated by crisis. When something stops their original idea, they respond by coming up with something even… — Pharrell Williams
It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Before the work comes to you, you have to invent work. — Steve Lacy
Great work comes from great joy. Leave the angst for the movies; do art - that is fun. — Jack White
The thing to remember is that the work comes first, and not to get distracted by anything else. If you keep focused on the work,… — James Nesbitt
Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel. — Theophile Gautier
My greatest work comes in the community. — Marion Barry
All my work comes out of my life. — Elsa Peretti

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