- 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
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reality is that the work I do is not private work. I bring all my secrets, my life, to my work. Anybody who's seen my work knows everything about me.
- Leaf
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- Nov 07, 2020
As with all my work, whether it's a leaf on a rock or ice on a rock, I'm trying to get beneath the surface appearance of things. Working the surface of a stone is an attempt to understand the internal energy of the stone.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work.
- Great Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realisation. I've had what I thought were great ideas that just didn't work.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it is that I have made.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seeing what kinds of songs work in other cities and other parts of the world was pretty eye-opening. I know it changed how I approached the second record big-time.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
For each person, they live their life and their truth and how it works for them, and that's just kind of how it works for me. I'm not good at doing whatever the other way is - it wouldn't work for me.
- Seriously
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I'm genuinely sincere, and that's what hopefully makes it work. I take that very seriously when I'm writing.
- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did criminal defense work part-time, and that paid the bills for representing abused and neglected children... and for defending in juvenile court those kids the 'child protective system' had missed when it had the chance.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
How could you not let your life affect your work? That's all it is. Unless you have a very specific, isolated version of what you're doing.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I take responsibility for everything in my life, including who I work for and what happens to me because of it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020