Famous Quotes

"I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds."

Edward Hopper on Work

More quotes about Work

• "Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."

  Confucius on Work

• "All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence."

  Martin Luther King, Jr. on Work

• "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."

  Thomas A. Edison on Work

• "By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day."

  Robert Frost on Work

• "Nothing will work unless you do."

  Maya Angelou on Work

More quotes by Edward Hopper

• "Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world."

• "In general it can be said that a nation's art is greatest when it most reflects the character of its people."

• "In its most limited sense, modern, art would seem to concern itself only with the technical innovations of the period."

• "The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable."

• "The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting."