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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
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
The e-book does seem at the moment to threaten the livelihood of writers, because the way in which writers are paid for their work in the form of e-books is very much up in the air.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Novels, in my experience, are slow in coming, and once I've begun them I know I have years rather than months of work ahead of me.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my work you often get an abrupt shift in time, a jolt. But the emotional logic will take the reader on. I hope. I trust. After all, our memories do not work with any sequential logic.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was always interested in art at school, and after year twelve, senior year, I spent three years studying graphic design at college. I worked in advertising for two years but didn't like it much, then began doing a bit of illustration work for various publishers.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began illustrating children's books because of a growing disillusionment with the sort of work I was doing in the advertising industry. Book publishing offered me the chance to be far more creative.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess I don't come to the work without baggage. I have an idea of what I want my pictures to look like in my head, and if they don't match up, I find it frustrating.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can't afford big symphonies but we commission works that sound rich and symphonic because of the nature of the instrumentation and the people we work with.
- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think anybody is looking at Mario Balotelli and thinking 'I'm going to work as hard as him.'
- Art Student
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were some extremely good teachers there that were great artists really in their own right. It was actually very hard to concentrate on getting down to going any work being an art student especially when it's a flighty thing at best.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020