Work Quotes

"I came to realize my vocation was my only reason to be."

"I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."

"An artist just has to be selfish about his work."

"I like to be paid for sitting down."

"Work is leisure when you have a job."

"Work should be purposeful and dignified."

"Work gives structure and meaning to life."

"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all."

"Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail."

"A well-spent day brings happy sleep; work in harmony brings healthy sleep."

"The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less."

"Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose."

"The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. You become technically good unconsciously."

"Most people don't use their hands. Artists do."

"Great things are done by a series of small things brought together."

"The most important work we do is the work we do within ourselves."

"The most important work we do is often invisible."

"I am a fanatic about my work. It fascinates me."

"Isn't that great? They want to pay you to do what you want to do."

"You're only as good as your last picture."

"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all."

"Work gives substance to life; without it, we are but shadows."

"Pride in one's work is not vanity; it is the mark of excellence."

"Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind."

"Every skilled man must sharpen his tools."

"The one who loves the practice of his trade is the one who makes progress."

"The worst thing is to sit with your hands folded."

"My work is like my breathing. It is essential to my existence."

"Work is love made visible."

"Work that lacks meaning is merely servitude."