"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."

Work, Artist, Nothing

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"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."

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"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."

Eleanor Roosevelt, American First Lady

Work, Beliefs

"A good work ethic is not so much a concern for hard work but rather one for responsibility. There have been a great many men and women who have in fact used work or hustle or selfish ambition as an escape from real responsibility, an escape from purpose. In matters such as these, the hard worker is just as dysfunctional as the sloth."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Work, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Responsibility

"Ruth Cole was a novelist, novelists are not at their best when they go off half-cocked. She believed that she would prepare what she was going to tell the police - preferably in writing."

John Irving, American Novelist

Work, Preparation, Planning, Writing, Observation

"Speaking about work isn't working."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Work, Action, Procrastination, Efficiency

"The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary."

Henry Miller, American Author

Work, Communication

"I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at. I do what I do and that's it. I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

Work, Fans, Talking, Want

"One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Work, Act, Creation, Eyes

"All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

Work, Development, Growth, Effort

"Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Work, Feeling, Man, Sense

"The fact that you are true child of God doesn't mean you will find gold on the floor when sweeping. You got to dig up the gold!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Work, Blessings, Success, Faith

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"I am an artist... I am here to live out loud."

Philosophy, Artist

"One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines."

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"I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity."

Life, Beauty, Care, Perfection

"There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman."

Man, Men, Artist

"The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men."

Man, Men, Fear, Animals, Fate

"If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud."

Life, Will

"If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity."

Quality, Quantity, Will

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"Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do."

"Ruth Cole was a novelist, novelists are not at their best when they go off half-cocked. She believed that she would prepare what she was going to tell the police - preferably in writing."

"Speaking about work isn't working."

"The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary."

"I don't mean to be arrogant and I really appreciate my fans but talking about what I am doing is not something I'm good at. I do what I do and that's it. I want to get back to my work and do more of it instead of talking about it."

"One is not idle because one is absorbed. There is both visible and invisible labor. To contemplate is to toil, to think is to do. The crossed arms work, the clasped hands act. The eyes upturned to Heaven are an act of creation."

"All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work."

"Like every man of sense and good feeling, I abominate work."

"The fact that you are true child of God doesn't mean you will find gold on the floor when sweeping. You got to dig up the gold!"

Explore more quotes by Emile Zola

"I am an artist... I am here to live out loud."

"One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines."

"I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life, struggle, intensity."

"There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman."

"The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men."

"The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work."

"The truth is on the march and nothing will stop it."

"The thought is a deed. Of all deeds she fertilizes the world most."

"If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud."

"If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity."