Quotes About Legacy

We are what we are because of the hard work, insights and achievements of countless others.

I actually never knew Peter Green but I do respect his early work very much.

The artist's work constitutes the only satisfactory relationship he can have with his fellow men since he seeks his real friends among the dead and the unborn.

The people of Sydney who can speak of my work without a smile are very scarce.

I've seen so much. And I've heard so many great performers. There are performers now that couldn't work back in the days when I came along.

I'll never violate my oath to the Honorable Elijah Muhammad to work night and day for the rise of my people. I've been at this for darn near 60 years; I'm too old now to do something different.

I still want to do my work. I still want to do my livingness. And I have lived. I have been fulfilled. I recognized what I had, and I never sold it short. And I ain't through yet.

If I should die, and you should choose to carry on my work, you are welcome to visit my grave. Pour some water on it and shout three times. I want to hear your voice.

Some of the greatest directors never got an Oscar, like Kubrick, or Hitchcock. For me, personally, I think the body of work is more important than winning an Oscar.

What artists call posterity is the posterity of the work of art.

Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for as long as it takes.

Documentation is misleading, because the performance is dead. So the very early works were not documented at all.

No one is satisfied with their life's work.

One of the things that made Star Wars work was the kids didn't know who their dad was.

I think all the great studio filmmakers are dead or no longer working. I don't put myself, my friends, and other contemporary filmmakers in their category. I just see us doing some work.

The most satisfying thing in my life and my career is to work with my children.

Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me.

To serve thy generation, this thy fate: "Written in water," swiftly fades thy name; But he who loves his kind does, first and late, A work too late for fame.

I'm from durable stock. I'm made to work. I'm Irish.

We all have to stand by our life's work as the true test of what we have done for the world.

The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.

Somebody said that my work might be an interesting source of material.

I have my own record company. I have to answer to God, basically. I'm not young, so I want to make the best possible work I can before I exit.

The continuous work of our life is to build death.