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- Nov 07, 2020
Work Quotes
Quotes on the meaning of work.
Several quotes here describe work as a solitary process, one that takes real effort to protect from distraction, while others connect a person's politics directly to the character of their work. Related reading includes Growth Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Excelled
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young, I wanted to be a writer or painter. I was always writing stories, and I excelled at drawing. My teachers encouraged my art work. When I was 9 or 10, I began learning piano and started writing music.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way. We can be free, but we're so held back. So perhaps that's why I feel a duty to make my work. I feel liberated when I'm doing it, and I want other people to feel liberated through it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's a karmic purpose that souls make before they decide to come into people's bodies and become someone's parent, or become someone's child. Maybe my dad disappearing was his way of giving me material with which to work, or a predisposition to feel heightened emotions.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Work done illegally outdoors or without permission feels like pure freedom to me. I understand how it can upset many in our society, but in the bigger picture, it is ultimately about freedom. We are living in a time where public space has become a commodity for corporations to control and dictate what is seen and heard.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
As soon as I start reading, drawing comes to me more easily. I find I work in my sketchbooks more. But if I'm working on a new show, my reading completely stops except when I'm on a plane. I take a stack of New Yorkers with me. I feel awful about those stacks of New Yorkers.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of my favorite pieces are from thrift shops. When I find something I really love, I live, work and sleep in it.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's very intense to go back to the past and revive work that I've already experienced and moved forward from. It's like seeing an old girlfriend - awkward at times, nostalgic at times and downright maddening and embarrassing.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
How are the cabs in your city? In Manhattan, where I work, they are rather awful.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who work in specialized fields seem to have their own language. Practitioners develop a shorthand to communicate among themselves. The jargon can almost sound like a foreign language.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who work in financial services don't have one shred of concern about the well-being of the people they serve. They're only interested in themselves.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.
- Nov 07, 2020
I actually spent a lot of time reading about how professional managers work. And how people build bridges.
- Song
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you write a song you have an idea of how it should be sung but it doesn't work out that way if someone else records it.
- Motorcycle
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020