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“Ugliness, squalor are breeding grounds for revolution. Beauty is conducive to tranquillity, happiness. Beautifying of homes and places of worship began with the dawn of civilization. Beautifying of workplaces is only in its infancy. Yet, since men normally spend more than half of their waking hours at work, surely it is important that adequate attention be devoted to elevating their working environment, whether office or factory, foundry or machine shop, mine or warehouse. Beautiful surroundings subtly encourage beautiful living. Drab surroundings, bad air, bad light, evoke bad reactions.”

“Women are certainly more happy in this than we men: their employments occupy a smaller portion of their thoughts, and the earnest longing of the heart, the beautiful inner life of the fancy, always commands the greater part.”

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Author:Friedrich Schleiermacher

“Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.”

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Author:Benjamin Jowett

“My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful; but when I had to choose one or the other, I usually chose the beautiful.”

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Author:Tom Stoppard

“Labor wants pride and joy in doing good work, a sense of making or doing something beautiful or useful - to be treated with dignity and respect as brother and sister.”

“I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful pants, head scarves, and sunglasses.”

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Author:Catherine Zeta-Jones

“Create like a god, command like a king, work like a slave.”

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Author:Constantin Brancusi

“I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.”

“I’ve come to the conclusion that people who wear headphones while they walk, are much happier, more confident, and more beautiful individuals than someone making the solitary drudge to work without acknowledging their own interests and power.”

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Author:Jason Mraz

“Talent is cheap; dedication is expensive. It will cost you your life.”

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Book:The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo

Source: The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo

“To see far is one thing, going there is another.”

Life Art Beautiful Work One Thing

Author:Constantin Brancusi

“If you have a sick or lonely person at home, be there. Maybe just to hold a hand, maybe just to give a smile, that is the greatest, the most beautiful work.”

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Author:Mother Teresa

“The hard must become habit. The habit must become easy. The easy must become beautiful.”

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Author:Doug Henning

“The poet produces the beautiful by fixing his attention on something real.”

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Book:Gravity and Grace

Source: Gravity and Grace

“I am a romantic, but I do put up a barrier around myself, so it is hard for people to get in and to know the real me. I fall in love much too quickly and that results in me getting badly hurt. The problem with love is that you lose control and that is a very vulnerable state to be in. I would love to really have a beautiful relationship with somebody, but it never seems to work out. What I would like most of all is to be in a state of blissful love.”

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Author:Freddie Mercury

“Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.”