Work Quotes
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Well, painting today certainly seems very vibrant, very alive, very exiting. Five or six of my contemporaries around New York are doing very vital work, and the direction that painting seems to be taken here – is – away from the easel – into some sort, some kind of wall, wall painting...
Jackson Pollock
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Stay humble, be fearless, and work, work, work, work, work, work.
Grace Martine Tandon
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
Jacki Weaver
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I love working with the same actors repeatedly. That happens a lot. It's kind of inevitable, especially if you work with the same writers and directors and you start to form a company of actors. You gravitate towards each other.
Peter Dinklage
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Not only may she unconsciously register a favorable impression with my associates and me, but she may also suggest something by her work that will lead to some new and novel feature in a forthcoming production.
Florenz Ziegfeld
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All day long they work so hard till the sun is goin' down. Working on the highways and byways and wearing, wearing a frown. You hear them moanin' their lives away. Then you hear somebody say: 'That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang. That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang.'
Sam Cooke
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Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of prose, and the art of the narrative.
F. Sionil Jose
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I've always wanted to work for Walt Disney. That's what I thought I was going to do when I grew up.
Keith Haring
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Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.
Randy Johnson
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I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror.
Poppy Z. Brite
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Eating, bathing, going to the toilet, talking, thinking, and many other activities related to the body are all work. How is it that the performance of one particular act is alone (considered) work? To be still is to be always engaged in work. To be silent is to be always talking.
Ramana Maharshi
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I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
Barbara Taylor Bradford