Quotes About Achievement

The heart desires, the hand refrains. The Godhead fires, the soul attains.

... alas! in the exercise of the arts, industry scarce bears the name of merit.

I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.

I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16. I think I have proved my ability in this field and it won't make sense for me to continue for another five or 10 years.

I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty...an America which will reward achievement in the arts as we reward achievement in business or statecraft.

I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos.

When I got into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, a doctor told me to give up the course as I'd be totally deaf within a couple of years. But I refused to give in.

Great writing can be done in biography, history, art.

Art is a by-product of an honest and successful attempt to do something well.

The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.

Sport is about achievements. Art is to be touch and touch others in a personal level.

Greatness in art is always a by-product.

Somebody said us artists have trouble with success because art is derived from struggle. I disagree with that, because truely doing your art is success, whether you make money from it or not.

I never thought, "I'm going to be an artist". When I actually began to become successful in the art world I made it a point to say, 'I am a dilettante, I am not a professional artist", which is true.

we know the art of success; never forget

But no artist, I now realize, can be satisfied with art alone. There is a natural craving for recognition which cannot be gain-said.

I did martial arts and karate for eight years when I was growing up.

I'm fully aware had I stayed with my art, I would be well known, respected and most likely rich.

I do have an honorary professorship in Poetics from the Vienna Academy of Arts. So I have not gone completely unnoticed

With this mistake I deprived myself of the possibility to make a contribution to the treasury of chess art.

The noblest works of human art and pride show that their makers were not satisfied.

When art wins, everyone wins.

I was told I was talented when I applied to Falmouth School of Art and that I should consider skipping the course and proceeding directly to degree level.

Growing up, I found I was good at two things: Art and Math. To hear my parents say it, though, it was only, 'John is good at Math.