#Labor

"Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor."

"Don't mistake activity with achievement."

"A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work. He is kept at work, ultimately, because of a vague feeling that he would be dangerous if he had leisure. And educated people, who should be on his side, acquiesce in the process, because they know nothing about him and consequently are afraid of him."

"Art is man's expression of his joy in labor."

"Nothing is born into this world without labor."

"An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision."

"No matter how much falls on us, we keep plowing ahead. That's the only way to keep the roads clear."

"Success for a woman means absolute surrender, in whatever direction. Whether she paints a picture, or loves a man, there is no division of labor possible in her economy. To the attainment of any end worth living for, a symmetrical sacrifice of her nature is compulsory upon her."

"I want to have a bunch of kids so I can open a factory and have free labor. Beat that, China!"

"Childbirth is normal until proven otherwise."

"What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones,The labor of an age in pilèd stones,Or that his hallowed relics should be hidUnder a star-y-pointing pyramid?Dear son of memory, great heir of fame,What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?"