Quotes About Passion

I believe myself to be an artist. That was my calling, to do my work, and what's most important to me is to do the best work I possibly can. And that is what means the most, that is what will endure.

Committing great work does not necessarily feed you.

What a model of an artist was for me was an artist who worked. Picasso was the ultimate model, because the work ethic he had.

I couldn't be happier to not be acting. I miss it, but I don't miss the auditioning or trying to get work.

I like to work - I probably work too much.

Everyone should find something they love doing. Then work isn't work. It's a part of themselves. Of who they are.

Considering the amount of work I put into each piece, the amount I need to make from it is pretty high. I won't sell for less... but that means I rarely sell.

There's a layer of satisfaction that I get from cooking that is more than the work itself. I think when you're too competitive sometimes you can lose the joy of what you do.

Being a sport star and a chef both require passion, commitment, work and natural ability.

I work without commercial considerations.

Where the material is, that's where you go. I'm a workman: I go to work. I've done movies for nothing, literally nothing; I did 'Last I Heard' for next to nothing.

With my writing, because I live it, I have to be consumed by it, and that means you have to forget your other life, which is constantly pulling you from your work.

I am very present in my work and my work is somehow an expression of my soul, but at the same time I think that a writer cannot write out of nothing.

Luckily because I had a family and children, my priorities changed. I mean, I'm very passionate about my work but I have other interests and other things that balance my life.

It often comes down to the people that you get to work with, and to match or enhance their creation. I tend to fall in love with whatever project we are involved in at the moment.

I'm a passionate person, and I care deeply about the work I do. It's very, very important to me that it's well received.

I'm lucky to have the kind of life where the differentiation between work and play is absolutely zilch. I have no idea whether I'm working or whether I'm playing.

When you love what you do, you can work all the time.

I like to work as an actor. Not just for money, but because I really enjoy acting.

Our task in life is to find our deep soul work and throw ourselves headlong into it.

Where we really effect change, in terms of creating a passionate work force, is by listening to kids early.

I wouldn't build a building if it wasn't of interest to me as a potential work of art. Why should I?

Each work has to be done as intensely as possible.

I'm fortunate in being able to find great satisfaction in my work.