Certain Quote by Jess Walter

I don't think my work is so strange. It's just a matter of having the discipline to go the whole way with an idea,…

— Matthew Barney

I trust my work. It's a collaboration with the material, and when it's viewed, it's a collaboration with the world.

— Kiki Smith

I have always believed in the fact that it's your work that is going to figure out things for you. As long as you…

— Barun Sobti

Generally, I think my work has so much influence because of its reasonableness.

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The shape of my work's development becomes a little clearer every time I am forced to articulate it.

— Anne Truitt

It isn't necessary for a work to have a lot of things to look at, to compare, to analyze one by one, to contemplate.…

— Donald Judd

Those that don't believe how small my work is should just come along and see it for themselves.

— Willard Wigan

Is it good, bad, or neutral to recognize thematic patterns in your own work? When it comes to recurring themes, I'm of the mind…

— Sara Zarr

It's very difficult to put in the work unless you believe that what you're doing is significant in some way.

— Theodora Goss

However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it.

— Jim Hodges

You may doubt the significance of your work, but work faithfully anyways.

— Chris Long

I believe that with enough practice and good faith, you can learn to recognize when the work is achieved.

— Gail Godwin