“You know when I decided to become professional - that means to expose yourself naked to the world with the other creative minds - I said, 'I'm going into areas I don't know. I might just fall right down to hell and kill myself.” KnowsWorldMindMeanSaidMightFallHellCreativeAreasDecidedProfessionNakedCreative Mind Author:Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
“The true professional makes art when he is not feeling good, if the studio is too cold or too warm or the walls are falling down. We are painters and we paint. If I were a sculptor, I'd sculpt.” IfsArtFeelingsFallWallColdPaintStudiosWarmProfessionFeel GoodPainterFalling DownSculptorsNot Feeling Good Author:Jack White
“There is a new survey out about the happiest professions. I think the whole premise is flawed. You're supposed to find true happiness outside of work. From friends, family, and YouTube videos of old people falling down.” PeopleThinkingWholeHappinessFallProfessionVideoOld PeopleFlawedFalling DownPremisesYoutubeTrue HappinessSurveysFamily Friends Author:Craig Ferguson
“Never let your love for your profession overshadow your religious feeling. Depend on it that religion will strengthen, not weaken, your energies, and will not only make you a better sailor, but a superior man. Professional studies are not to be neglected; but, on the other hand, take care how you fall into the common error of believing they are the remedy for all the ills of life.” MenBelieveFeelingsHandsCareFallEnergyReligiousCommonStudyDependsErrorsTake CareProfessionSuperiorsRemedyNeglectedSailorSuperior Man Book:Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir Source: Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir