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.
Learn to convert the discomfort of discipline into the satisfaction of personal growth.
My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.
Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder. I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. When I'm not feeling my best I ask myself, 'What are you gonna do about it?' I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me.
Isn't it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
No one has ever built a statue to a critic, it's true. On the other hand, it's only the people with statues that get pooped on by birds flying by.
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