When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.
Tony BennettRead
If you follow your passion, you'll never work a day in your life.
Interpretation
Pursuing what you love turns work into joy and fulfillment.
This quote emphasizes that when you engage in activities that ignite your passion, the effort feels less like labor and more like a pleasurable pursuit. It suggests that following oneβs passion leads to a fulfilling life where work is enjoyable rather than a mere obligation.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire young graduates.
When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.
Someday, when I'm awfully low, and the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you, and the way you look tonight.
I lived for 15 years in Los Angeles, and I still can't believe that the handsomest man in the world, Cary Grant, and the greatest performer in the world, Fred Astaire, and Johnny Carson, one after another - they were all in my home at different times. I celebrated my 50th birthday with them. Unforgettable.
My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do
To me, life is a gift, and it's a blessing to just be alive. And each person should learn what a gift it is to be alive no matter how tough things get.
That song helped make me a world citizen. It allowed me to live, work and sing in any city on the globe. It changed my whole life.
It's amazing - you may not realize it, but so much of what you are not is because you are literally standing in your own way of becoming. And what I'm pleading with you about is, get the hell out of your own way.
When I quit my internship and started doing standup to pursue my dreams and do that full time - I feel like that's when I 'Americaned.'
Sometimes in life you don't always feel like a winner, but that doesn't mean you're not a winner, you want to be like yourself. I want my fans to know it's okay.
Inside of a ring or out, ain't nothing wrong with going down. It's staying down that's wrong.
When we complain about our current situation, we remain in it; when we praise God in the midst of difficulty, He raises us out of it.
The world takes us at our own valuation. It believes in the man who believes in himself, but it has little use for the timid man: the one who is never certain of himself, who cannot rely on his own judgment, who craves advice from others, and is afraid to go ahead on his own account.
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