Quotes of: Finished-work Keyword

Like everything genuine, its inner life guarantees its truth. All works of art created by truthful minds without regard for the work's conventional exterior remain genuine for all times.

Franz Marc

I always tell people this when they're looking for an agent - they should love your work. You are entitled to work with someone who believes in you. Why do business with someone who is ambivalent about you and your art?

Jami Attenberg

Let's talk of a system that transforms all the social organisms into a work of art, in which the entire process of work is included... something in which the principle of production and consumption takes on a form of quality. It's a Gigantic project.

Joseph Beuys

I want my whole life to be a great work of art, not just my art. And that means paying attention to my entire life and trying to make sure my whole life is balanced.

Jewel

I really don't like art where you need to know so much theory to understand. If the theory is removed, it doesn't do anything. That means that this work is an illustration of theory, and I don't believe in the power of the work itself.

Marina Abramovic

The study of the art of motorcycle maintenance is really a miniature study of the art of rationality itself. Working on a motorcycle, working well, caring, is to become part of a process, to achieve an inner peace of mind. The motorcycle is primarily...

Robert M. Pirsig

As income from work has become more concentrated in America, the super rich have invested in businesses, real estate, art, and other assets. The income from these assets is now concentrating even faster than income from work.

Robert Reich

The fact that biological, or 'natural' rules might help in the creation of a computer generated work of art is interesting, but even a wonderful work of art made in this fashion isn't the same as a person, with all his or her experiences and emotions...

Steven Levy

He hadn’t altogether gotten it himself until this moment of seeing straight through to the soul of her.

36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction

Far too often, when we think we are frightened by mystery, the fact is that we are haunted by history.

The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life Into a Work of Art

The secret to wealth is hard work and good management.

All You Have Is Now: How Your Approach to the World Determines Your Destiny

We’re all works in progress, honey. And believe me when I tell you that I’ve had to work harder than most.

Ain't She Sweet

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of will but must wait until what he believes to be a good idea for a work comes to him.

W. H. Auden

The people who take society as an escape from work are putting it to its proper use; but when it becomes the thing worked for it distorts all the relations of life.

The House of Mirth

How was life before Pop-Tarts, Prozac and padded playgrounds? They ate strudel, took opium and played on the grass.

The Happiness Myth: The Historical Antidote to What Isn't Working Today

Everything works out in the end. if it hasn't worked out yet, then it's not the end.

I Love You And I'm Leaving You Anyway

If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.

It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider

One day I'll work out what it is you are saying, my lad, and then you'll be in trouble.

I Shall Wear Midnight

I will tell everyone I know to come [to the library]. This place saves lives.

I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks

I don't have time for invisible books when there are so many real books to read.

I Work at a Public Library: A Collection of Crazy Stories from the Stacks

Mindfulness helps us to set boundaries by revealing what makes us unhappy & what brings us peace.

Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace