All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
David BowieRead
What I like to do is try to make a difference with the work I do.
Interpretation
David Bowie emphasizes the importance of making a positive impact through one's work.
In this quote, David Bowie expresses his desire to create meaningful change through his artistic endeavors. He emphasizes that the motivation behind his work is not just personal gain, but the aspiration to contribute positively to the world and influence others. This resonates with the idea that true fulfillment comes from doing work that transcends oneself and benefits society.
In practice
Using this quote during a motivational speech at a charity event.
All art really does is keep you focused on questions of humanity, and it really is about how do we get on with our maker.
I guess, taking away all the theatrics or the costuming and the outer layers of what I do, I'm a writer... I write.
I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.
Nothing prepared me for your smile
But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.
I'm an early riser. I get up between five and six, have coffee, and read for a couple of hours before everyone else gets up.
Think _x000D_ of the most amazing thing you could possibly do with your life. Then _x000D_ say out loud, 'YES.'
I marvel at how good I was before I met him, how I lived molded to the smallest space possible, my days the size of little beads that passed without passion through my fingers. So few people know what they're capable of. At forty-two I'd never done anything that took my own breath away, and I suppose now that was part of the problem - my chronic inability to astonish myself.
They're not prosthetics. They're my bones. They come out when Iβm inspired. They've always been inside of me, but I have been waiting for the right time to reveal to the universe who I truly am.
It's all so surreal, and I'm living my dream. And you know, principal or not, I'm getting to dance all the roles that I've dreamed of doing.
Years ago I met Richard Burton in Port Talbot, my home town, and afterwards he passed in his car with his wife, and I thought, 'I want to get out and become like him'. Not because of Wales, because I love Wales, but because I was so limited as a child at school and so bereft and lonely, and I thought becoming an actor would do that.
There is much to be done, there is much that can be done... one person of integrity can make a difference.
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