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My creativity and my political work are linked. I don't do this work out of guilt or out of responsibility.

Holly Near

Work

Creativity

Guilt

Responsibility

If we fix a goal and work towards it, then we are never just passing time.

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire work.

Gloria Naylor

Work

First

In the studio, I don't do a lot of work that requires repetitive activity. I spend a lot of time looking and thinking and then try to find the most efficient way to get what I want, whether it's making a drawing or a sculpture, or casting plaster or whatever.

I like to use my hands and make things... It might seem pretty stupid or pointless but that doesn't matter... some of the most interesting work is the stuff that starts like that - out of a raw need for activity.

Bruce Nauman

Work

Pretty

And then what makes the work interesting is if you choose the right questions.

Generalised anger and frustration is something that gets you in the studio, and gets you to work - though it's not necessarily evident in anything that's finished.

Well, I realized finally that all of the hard work paid off.

David Naughton

Work

Hard work

In order to keep pace with the influx of work I had to take on fresh hands.

James Nasmyth

Work

Order

The fans in Dallas were hard on me my first year, but after having a great year last year they are now supporting me. It feels great to have my hard work pay off, especially when the fans made it hard for me.

My ideal day would be to get a good work out in, listen to music, talk to my family and friends on the phone, read and go to a good movie.

If you don't want to work you have to work to earn enough money so that you won't have to work.

People who work sitting down get paid more than people who work standing up.

Ogden Nash

Work

People

Though I had success in my research both when I was mad and when I was not, eventually I felt that my work would be better respected if I thought and acted like a 'normal' person.

So not only do we need to deal with threats as they emerge, we have to be thinking in anticipation of future threats, and the things we do have to be things that enable the system to continue to work.