Quotes About Recognition

The fact that there are awards and exhibitions and some people know who I am is just all gravy. I'm lucky to just work in an industry where I get to play so much.

My looks have prevented people from seeing my work.

I work sometimes with dealers and sometimes people just come to me. A lot of the commissions, they just know me. They have seen something and they just approach me.

I work with deadlines. It is terrible to be an artist where you are just producing work and nobody gives a damn. Nobody wants to show it.

If you wrote something, you deserve to get paid and recognized for your work. No one should take a bow with another man's hat.

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.

It was hard to work and work and work and not get your music played on the radio.

People can never work out where they know me from. They just come up and chat with me like mates.

Talking to fans has really blown my mind. It's made me so happy to know my work has touched people.

When you're more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work.

Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N.

There's time limits on how long people's attention spans will work. There's six weeks in each territory that you're really famous, then you, thank god, disappear again.

I remember my friends at primary and secondary school admiring my work and even paying me money for some of my pieces.

I wanted my work to be seen for free in a public space, I want to be up there with Pollock and de Kooning, one of the big boys.

I don't think it's a secret that New York tastemakers don't love my work.

I'm pleased it turned out the way that it did, because I know lots of other people who did fantastic work and did not see this particular kind of recognition [like Emmy].

Lot's and lot's I am a proud man having so many fans of my work: (Paintings and films)

I'm not a famous director yet, and I'm not into fame. I like to just work. As a director, as an actor, whatever people consider me is fine with me.

It's just, people recognize you for your work, you know? They love you for your work, and they judge you for your work. It's awesome to have people quoting you. I love it.

It's nice when you put in a lot of hard work and you're recognized and a few people appreciate what you've done.

The big shots are not the only ones who are important. Remember, you can't sell anything on Wall Street unless someone digs it up somewhere else first.

I am very grateful to our people who appreciate my work and for their support, as without that support it would have been impossible to get anything done.

My work was not embraced for many decades. I would have killed myself if getting embraced affected me so much.

You want good ratings, you want people to like the show, you want to be appreciated for the hard work you put in. You don't always get it. Every show is not beloved.