Work Quotes
“That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom, but what he did with it.”
“The better a work is, the more it attracts criticism it is like the fleas who rush to jump on white linens.”
-- Gustave Flaubert
“There is never time in the future in which we will work out our salvation. The challenge is in the moment the time is always now.”
-- James A. Baldwin
“I've learned from experience that if you work harder at it, and apply more energy and time to it, and more consistency, you get a better result. It comes from the work.”
-- Louis C. K.
“Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's the main thing for me to work on.”
-- Charlotte Gainsbourg