Quotes About Passion

I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can not, I want to go.

I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various kinds of passionate engagement. All my work says be serious, be passionate, wake up.

Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste.

If everything that you do is for the market, it won't work.

You are meant to succeed in the work you love. Your desire will take you all the way.

Inspiration is a joke, real artists sit down and work

So when I'm working out I do things extreme.

If I did not have my work, I would not have any life.

All creative work, all life in a sense, is a cri de coeur.

I work primarily for the camera-it's not something I really talk about a lot, but it's part of the way I am as a movie actor. The camera is my girl, as it were.

Where our joy is, there should our work be.

I wake up every day and I can't wait to go to work, and that's a gift. Not too many people have the opportunity to feel that way.

It's really nice to work with people who understand and really love the artistry of building sets, it's great.

If I didn't want to work for a couple of years I wouldn't have to - it's a great feeling, to know I'm doing it because I want to do it.

Love's a recurring theme through my work.

I'd work eighteen-hour stretches and fall asleep in my clothes. Then I'd wake up in the middle of the night, brew a pot of tea, and start work again. I was tired, but work had become pure enjoyment.

This old notion that work is drudgery is nonsense. Most days, even back when Xerox was under siege, I could not wait to get to the office.

I am actually retired - yes, I am retired. But I like to work. So I'm retired until someone calls me up to work.

And love makes one calmer about many things, and in that way, one is more fit for one's work.

I love designing at the moment, I'm so happy with my work.

Some people find an interest in making money, and though they appear to be slaving, many actually enjoy every minute of their work.

In college I had to major in something, so I was like, "Okay I like art history, so I will major in that." I never really had any ambitions to work in museums or anything, though.

So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.

I create with my heart, so life and work inevitably intersect all too often.