Quotes for All
He misses the feeling of creating something out of something. That’s right — something out of something. Because something out of nothing is when you make something up out of thin air, in which case it has no value. Anybody can do that. But something out of something means it was really there the whole … Read more
I love the work, I love being in front of the camera and working with actors and directors and creating something. For me, it’s like learning everyday. Estella Warren
There is a creative pleasure, which, for instance, the artisan in the Middle Ages, or in a country like Mexico, still today has – namely the pleasure of creating something. You find quite a few skilled workers who still have that pleasure: maybe in a steel mill; maybe a worker who works with a complicated … Read more
Products a start-up builds are really experiments…Learning about how to build a sustainable business is the outcome of those experiments [which follow] a three-step process: Build, measure, learn.” “[A startup is] … an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. Eric Ries
Photography is an art of observation – it’s about creating something extraordinary out of the ordinary. You choose a frame and then wait until the right time for something magical to come along and fill it. Elliott Erwitt
The only thing in life that really gives me any peace is just being lost in the process of creating something, whether it’s the film or painting and drawing. Whatever that is, it is what I want to do. Ellar Coltrane
I’ve never felt that fear is my enemy. Fear is my friend. It offers me a chance to stay alert, keep growing, continue creating something new. If you don’t take that sort of risk, you learn nothing. Eartha Kitt
First of all there is always that artistic challenge of creating something. Or the particular experience to take slum life in that period and make something out of it in the form of a book. And then I felt some kind of responsibility to my family. Frank McCourt
Even though I worked hard at times, it was always magical. I have to confess I enjoyed every minute of it. Even the down times I enjoyed, because we were creating something that would make people smile and lift their hearts. You can’t think of a better job than that. Floyd Norman
We need to think about what cooking is, what context it takes place in and what its relationship to the world of art is. If there were criticisms of my presence at Documenta, that’s a good thing because it means we were doing something new. Your mission in creating something artistic is to produce something … Read more