Firsts Quote by John Ruskin

You put aside the work that's done, and seek some work to do.

— Ovid

Even though I've had the body of work I've had, and the success I've had, I do not rest on my laurels whatsoever.

— Jonathan Rhys Meyers

I attempt all day, at work, not to think about what lies ahead, but this costs me so much effort that there is nothing…

— Lydia Davis

There's a phrase, "sitzfleisch", which means just plain sitting on your ass and getting it done. Just showing up for work. My uncle Raphael…

— Peter S. Beagle

You Can't Rest on Your Laurels. Your Own Body of Work Is Yet to Come.

— Barack Obama

I work on all parts of my painting at once, improving it very gently until I find that the effect is complete.

— Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

The work needs to get out of your head and on to the table, and it needs to be done from the heart.

— Paula Scher

My working method has always been, 'Work really hard and get it right the first time.'

— Richard Linklater

Make a painting you can work on for a long period, and make it look like it doesn't show any effort.

— Alex Katz

I did all the work at the beginning up until the point where I couldn't handle the increasingly heavy art production burden alone. I…

— Joe Shuster

I worked my way through art school as an auto mechanic, doing various stuff including sanding bodywork and using Bondo filler.

— Fred Tomaselli

Work on one thing at a time until finished.

— Henry Miller