Works Quotes

Auction houses run a rigged game. They know exactly how many people will be bidding on a work and exactly who they are. In a gallery, works of art need only one person who wants to pay for them.

True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

True works of art are a manifestation of the higher laws of nature.

Marriage, sanctified by the bond of fidelity, is the nearest life gets to a work of art.

I like to express myself creatively and it doesn't matter the medium. Whatever medium I choose at that moment, whatever works the best.

Just as our historical beginnings are utterly mysterious-why are we born? why when and as we are?-so too are the beginnings of works of art and of "artists.

Those works whose ideal has not as much living reality and, as it were, personality as the beloved one or a friend had better remain unwritten. They would at least never become works of art.

I have never been sorry to see my sets being struck, provided they are well photographed. They're not works of art but part of making a film.

Great works of art are only great because they are accessible and comprehensible to everyone.

Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best.

Every work of art changes its predecessors.

Works of Art are meant to connect the human heart to inspiration, for cosmic consciousness to grow in the Supreme Reality rooted in Life and Being.

I don't see why escapist literature shouldn't also be a work of art.

I come from the place of thinking, 'Whatever works for people' - and if you haven't been exposed to anything else, you really don't know better.

More unsayable than all other things are works of art, those mysterious existences, whose life endures beside our own small, transitory life.

Works of art are of an infinite loneliness and with nothing so little to be reached as with criticism.

The usual criticism of a novel about an artist is that, no matter how real he is as a man, he is not real to us as an artist, since we have to take on trust the works of art he produces.

I wanted to keep things as normal as possible for the trainees, so I led my usual morning class. I called it Magic Problem-Solving 101. The trainees called it Whatever Works.

Works of art... do not force meanings on their audience; meaning emerges, adds up, unfolds from their imagined centres... takes one through the process of discovering meaning.

But of works of art little can be said.

This telegram is a work of art if I say it is.

Well, you know, whatever works works. If, you know, if laying your hands on someone and giving them healing makes them feel better, what does it hurt? It's a good thing.

One thing for sure is it will be written in the Icelandic language. All of my literary work is.

When comparing works of art, it is important that the art itself, and not the artists, be considered.

The whole point of animation to me is to tell a story, make a joke, express an idea. The technique itself doesn't really matter. Whatever works is the thing to use.

Works of art should be stimulating. They should wake people up rather than acting like a sedative.

Detective stories have nothing to do with works of art.

Works of Art can only be produc'd in Perfection where the Man is either in Affluence or is Above the Care of it.

Wonder at the first sight of works of art may be the effect of ignorance and novelty; but real admiration and permanent delight in them are the growth of taste and knowledge.

A work of art works because it is true, not because it is real.

Every artist takes their final work to the grave.

It would be narrowness to suppose that an artist can only care for the impressions of those who know the methods of his art as well as feel its effects. Art works for all whom it can touch.

We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.

Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. (The perfect is the enemy of the good.)

Truth is what works.

Feeling tired of your four walls?Jesus commanded us to "GO", not sit! (Mark 16:15) Just saying!

The enemy fights the hardest when you are closest to your breakthrough. Know that your best days are ahead and no weapon formed will prosper.

so many people believe but few people receive

Don´t let your work define you. But let you define what works for you to defy and refine you even more.

Great literary works are not measured by the number of words, but by the impact they create.

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.

A photograph shouldn't be just a picture, it should be a philosophy.

In meetings philosophy might work, on the field practicality works.

It's a funny thing about life, once you begin to take note of the things you are grateful for, you begin to lose sight of the things that you lack.

Any day above ground is a good day. Before you complain about anything, be thankful for your life and the things that are still going well.

Why should you boast? You are not saved by your works but by the grace of God.

Living in the moment works sometimes, but when alone, it clouds over your memories and dreams, and those are what I need to survive.

I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art.

If people call your work perceptible, be it in positive or negative terms, do ask them about what made them draw that conclusion.

Is there any good works without grace?