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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
- Easy
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- Nov 07, 2020
On my first days here I did not start work immediately but, as planned, I took it easy for a few days - flicked through books, studied Japanese art a little.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful; one must sense him everywhere but never see him.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can calculate the worth of a man by the number of his enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that is spoken of it.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The author, in his work, must be like God in the Universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly.
- Soul
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- Nov 07, 2020
Style is as much under the words as in the words. It is as much the soul as it is the flesh of a work.
- Fleas
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- Nov 07, 2020
The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism; it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens.
- Maturity
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- Nov 07, 2020
This goal can and must be attained in this life. But even if this does not happen, remember that he who has found the way once, always returns to this world with an internal maturity that enables him to continue his work.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost.
- No Sense
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many of my books have begun with the title, because naming a work already in progress makes no sense to me.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020