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164 Motivational Nipsey Hussle Quotes On Hard Work
Airmiess Joseph Asghedom, more well known as Nipsey Hussle; was an American rapper, and an entrepreneur for his own clothing line known as ‘Victory Lap’. Hussle was murdered in 2019, which shocked other celebrities who highly regarded him in the music industry.
Check out these awesome Nipsey Hussle on hard-work and success!
Here are 164 Motivational Nipsey Hussle Quotes:
1. “Control your time—use every minute wisely.” – Nipsey Hussle
2. “If what I believe is proved to be wrong, then I guess I’m a miracle.” – Nipsey Hussle
3. “People, if you break down the music, you could find the truth.” – Nipsey Hussle
4. “Play the game like I’ve never won once.” – Nipsey Hussle
5. “My experience with power, you can maintain it, or you get it taken from you. You get you some newfound power and go crazy, and it gets taken from you quick.” – Nipsey Hussle
6. “Be truthful with yourself and other people, and try your best to make decisions outside of your ego.” – Nipsey Hussle
7. “I’m not in it for fame. I’ve been famous in the streets already.” – Nipsey Hussle
8. “As an entrepreneur, as an investor, I’m trying to be as educated as I can to where the progression of technological capability is going and what it does to these different categories that, me as an artist and an influencer, I can get involved and bring value.” – Nipsey Hussle
9. “The game will test you never fold. Stay ten toes down. It’s not on you, it’s in you. And what’s in you, they can never take away.” – Nipsey Hussle
10. “I realized the power of hip-hop. I realized how influential this music and this culture are.” – Nipsey Hussle
11. “Spoke some things into the universe and they appeared, I say it’s worth it, I won’t say it’s fair. Find your purpose or you wastin’ air.” – Nipsey Hussle
12. “Every step is like chess—the wrong move gets you killed.” – Nipsey Hussle
13. “I don’t ever make moves under pressure.” – Nipsey Hussle
14. “The reason children accept discipline from their parents is because they know their parents love them.” – Nipsey Hussle
15. “I think you can make a pure artistic product if you understand how to build your own industry.” – Nipsey Hussle
16. “Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it’s happening.” – Nipsey Hussle
17. “And what good is dreaming, if you can’t make your dream come true?” – Nipsey Hussle
18. “I’m not into trading ownership of the only asset I have, which is my intellectual property.” – Nipsey Hussle
19. “We are playing the long game. We don’t want the money to stop when we go, when we can’t work no more. We want it to outlive us, we want it to be generational.” – Nipsey Hussle
20. “As an artist, as a brand, as a rapper, as a musician, you know you have a window and a lot of people, even an athlete; they don’t have no exit strategy. It’s just living in the false reality that it’s going to be like this forever.” – Nipsey Hussle
21. “The best thing you can do for a person is to inspire them. That’s the best currency you can offer—inspiration.” – Nipsey Hussle
22. “Been stabbed in my heart so much, I learned to smile while I bleed.” – Nipsey Hussle
23. “It’s not called quitting if you quit while you ahead. It’s about being aware and being strategic enough to know that you got to get out of the pool at some point. You got to put your clothes back on and dry off.” – Nipsey Hussle
24. “I was raised differently because even if you wish me the worst, I will still wish you the best.” – Nipsey Hussle
25. “Life is just a fight against your disbeliefs.” – Nipsey Hussle
26. “I took my wildest dreams then mapped them out.” – Nipsey Hussle
27. “Get that dirt up off your shoulder, step yo game up.” – Nipsey Hussle
28. “If you’re a hustler, you should find somewhere to capitalize off that and turn it into some money.” – Nipsey Hussle
29. “First get ‘yo grind on, then get yo’ shine on.” – Nipsey Hussle
30. “And we were raised wrong but we stayed strong and we kept it real, we got faked on.” – Nipsey Hussle
31. “‘Cause if you share your success and not your struggle, you’re a fool.” – Nipsey Hussle
32. “Every artist wants something different out of the game.” – Nipsey Hussle
33. “Sometimes, people, they too, destroy you—precisely because they recognize your power not because they don’t see it , but because they see it, and they don’t want it to exist.” – Nipsey Hussle
34. “When you let go of your pride, you’ll find a lesson in your pain.” – Nipsey Hussle
35. “The artist part of me always wants to be appreciated. I read every review. But I never wanted to seek validation by awards or anything controlled by politics.” – Nipsey Hussle
36. “I think everybody’s trying to get to a place in themselves where they conquer what they was afraid of; they achieve some of their life goals, kept their word about what they were trying to do.” – Nipsey Hussle
37. “Ownership is everything. Own your mind, mind your own.” – Nipsey Hussle
38. “Create a plan and then attack it. A dream without a plan is a wish.” – Nipsey Hussle
39. “Be your own biggest fan, your own biggest believer, and put it on your back and carry the weight.” – Nipsey Hussle
40. “I identify myself as a hustler since I was a young kid.” – Nipsey Hussle
41. “Come to my hood I’ll show you desperation.” – Nipsey Hussle
42. “I hate to lose, so I play too rough.” – Nipsey Hussle
43.
44. “Being self-made means never making an excuse as to why you can’t take steps toward whatever your goal is.” – Nipsey Hussle
45. “Having strong enemies is a blessing.” – Nipsey Hussle
46. “I respect Snoop even aside from the music—just as a man, and especially the way he still represents who he is, after being a pop star and an icon. He’s done it successfully and has still been able to balance it…” – Nipsey Hussle
47. “And it’s possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce.” – Nipsey Hussle
48. “On a mission, your worst enemy is idle time.” – Nipsey Hussle
49. “If I wasn’t involved in this hip-hop, I’d probably be breakin’ the law to eat and feed my family and maintain the lifestyle that I’m used to.” – Nipsey Hussle
50. “Study your queen so you can give her what she wants without asking.” – Nipsey Hussle
51. “Success or greatness come with a roller-coaster ride—anybody can apply the marathon concept to what they do.” – Nipsey Hussle
52. “I always had faith in my creative capacity.” – Nipsey Hussle
53. “Premature certainty is the enemy of the truth.” – Nipsey Hussle
54. “When it’s all over, all that counts is how the story’s told.” – Nipsey Hussle
55. “Hope opportunities don’t knock when there are opportunists in your group.” – Nipsey Hussle
56. “Before rap, my last name was my lifestyle, and when I visualize success, it looked like right now.” – Nipsey Hussle
57. “I just believe in ownership. I believe in investing in yourself. Your foundation should be strong.” – Nipsey Hussle
58. “To me, respect comes first.” – Nipsey Hussle
59. “When you say ‘follow me on Twitter,’ and you get 10 million people to follow you – you just leveraged your influence to add value to an app that you have no ownership in.” – Nipsey Hussle
60. “I try to sprinkle little gems and jewels in the music that people could use in their own life.” – Nipsey Hussle
61. “Obviously, from childhood to my teenage years, I really came into my own. I left the house early; I was on the streets when I was, like, 15. I’ve been holdin’ my own since that age.” – Nipsey Hussle
62. “I was never ignorant as far as being experienced in classrooms, and learning about different subjects, and actually soaking it up.” – Nipsey Hussle
63. “Dedication, hard work, plus patience.” – Nipsey Hussle
64. “We represent a hustler. I think we represent inspiration. I think we represent, you know, staying down. I think we represent building yourself up from the bootstraps.” – Nipsey Hussle
65. “I never wanted to alienate my brand for business. I always wanted to keep it authentic and keep it as pure as I could.” – Nipsey Hussle
66. “Life is what you make it, I hope you make a movement.” – Nipsey Hussle
67. “I believe that economics is based on scarcity of markets.” – Nipsey Hussle
68. “Hoping what I’m doing truly makes my mama proud, ‘cause for a very long time, I was the reason for her frowns.” – Nipsey Hussle
69. “My thing is that I don’t give no person that much power over my path that I’m walking. Not one person can make or break what I’m doing, except me or God.” – Nipsey Hussle
70. “And it can be as simple as it seems, if you never doubt yourself and learn from everything you see, no wishing on a star can turn your life into a dream.” – Nipsey Hussle
71. “Success, to me, is just being able to do what you love to do and support yourself all through.” – Nipsey Hussle
72. “We act on how we think, and never speak on how we feel.” – Nipsey Hussle
73. “I’m tryna live my life, so when it’s over, I have no regrets.” – Nipsey Hussle
74. “I am an anomaly in my space. The way I exist is unique.” – Nipsey Hussle
75. “I graduated from having haters now I see it all as fake love.” – Nipsey Hussle
76. “If you’re going to write about rap music and hip-hop, and you don’t love it, then we don’t need your opinion, and we revoke your opinion.” – Nipsey Hussle
77. “Luck is just being prepared at all times, so when the door opens, you’re ready.” – Nipsey Hussle
78. “At the core, one of my original goals is to redefine what the streets expect.” – Nipsey Hussle
79. “I hope my story inspires everyone out there to keep hustling and chasing their dreams.” – Nipsey Hussle
80. “It’s as big as you wanna make it and, you know, it’s as far as you take it.” – Nipsey Hussle
81. “Material things ain’t nothing, you feel me? At the end of the day, it’s who you are. You wasn’t born with it; you gon’ die without it.” – Nipsey Hussle
82. “The company you keep has a large influence on the situations you bring to yourself.” – Nipsey Hussle
83.
84. “Ain’t nobody gave us nothing. I just got my own!” – Nipsey Hussle
85. “I built a label at the same time I built a career.” – Nipsey Hussle
86. “I’m at peace with what I’m doing. I feel good about what I wake up doing and about my lifestyle.” – Nipsey Hussle
87. “We got turned down, we failed, had setbacks, had to start over a lot of times. But we kept going at it. In anybody’s case, that’s always the distinguishing factor.” – Nipsey Hussle
88. “I call it ‘dropping the rope.’ You’ve got to drop a rope. Everybody got to climb up, but you gotta drop the rope.” – Nipsey Hussle
89. “I knew I wanted to work for myself when I was about eleven.” – Nipsey Hussle
90. “I always had a passion for rap music and I was always trying to create a situation where I could do this full-time.” – Nipsey Hussle
91. “We’re not the cause. We’re the effect.” – Nipsey Hussle
92. “When I became a man, and I started to understand the difference between the truth and what your parents are supposed to tell you, there’s a difference, know what I mean?” – Nipsey Hussle
93. “I feel that luck is a product of hard work.” – Nipsey Hussle
94. “If you don’t know your full-throttle history—the whole story of how you came to where you are—it’s kind of hard to put things together.” – Nipsey Hussle
95. “Get everything you want, then go back and get some more.” – Nipsey Hussle
96. “Your parents are supposed to tell you to make decisions that are gonna help you and that’ll have a positive effect on your life and your well-being.” – Nipsey Hussle
97. “As gang members, as young dudes in the streets, especially in L.A., we’re the effect of a situation. We didn’t wake up and create our own mind-state and our environment; we adapted our survival instincts.” – Nipsey Hussle
98. “Hoping as you walk across the sand you see my shoeprint.” – Nipsey Hussle
99. “I’m focusing on the music, but I still have a cold library of books that I’ve either read or I plan on getting to.” – Nipsey Hussle
100. “If you’ve got a plan, it’s not just like a pipe dream. You have a step-by-step list of things to do to get to your goal.” – Nipsey Hussle
101. “Turning up my hustle’s how I give myself a raise.” – Nipsey Hussle
102. “Don’t expect from others—put in your own work.” – Nipsey Hussle
103. “I went hard for the chips ’cause the odds were against us.” – Nipsey Hussle
104. “My God will never make me and break me. I have faith.” – Nipsey Hussle
105. “Started out the trunk, ended up at the dealership.” – Nipsey Hussle
106. “Don’t waste your time, it doesn’t make you rich.” – Nipsey Hussle
107. “One small misunderstanding can show you exactly how a person really feels about you.” – Nipsey Hussle
108. “Seize the opportunity, believe, and take control of it. Then get on your marathon and grind it ’til it’s over with.” – Nipsey Hussle
109. “What good is a team, when everyone depends on you?” – Nipsey Hussle
110. “Put my right hand to God, shine on these broads. Stay on my job, grind with my squad.” – Nipsey Hussle
111. “‘Victory Lap,’ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.” – Nipsey Hussle
112. “You’ve got to have faith in what you’re doing and not take no for an answer.” – Nipsey Hussle
113. “I hit the league straight out the streets with no talent scout.” – Nipsey Hussle
114. “Once you found the real it’s hard to tolerate the plastic.” – Nipsey Hussle
115. “I think that every artist – or anybody that’s in business – could benefit from a direct-to-consumer strategy, so I think that that applies to us as artists and content creators, too.” – Nipsey Hussle
116. “A lot of artists come into the game with a radio record, but they don’t establish the fans as fans of their style of music. It’s just that they’re a fan of that song, and after that song plays out, it’s real hard for ’em.” – Nipsey Hussle
117. “Most of the time, I look inside, and find the answers waitin’.” – Nipsey Hussle
118. “I went through every emotion with what I’m doing, you know what I mean? And I think what’s gon’ separate whoever’s gonna go for something, that you ain’t gonna quit.” – Nipsey Hussle
119. “It sounds simple telling people to work hard and never quit, but to really execute and demonstrate those principles takes discipline and faith. Those are the two factors that I believe separate the good from the great, the successes from the failures.” – Nipsey Hussle
120. “An artist always knows everything he does. You know what I’m saying—all the records he starts and don’t end up in the public and just sit on the harddrive.” – Nipsey Hussle
121. “I’m more focused on giving solutions and inspiration more than anything.” – Nipsey Hussle
122. “Get on your marathon ’til you bruise your feet.” – Nipsey Hussle
123. “If you don’t have a plan, it’s very hard to really have faith in what you’re doing ’cause soon as something pops up, it’s gonna look like the end-all.” – Nipsey Hussle
124.
125. “‘Victory’ is like, you won, so the question is, what? What did you win? I think that the songs go into that. It’s just about reaching a place in myself.” – Nipsey Hussle
126. “None of my peers avoided prison. None of ’em.” – Nipsey Hussle
127. “If you have strong faith, your God will love you.” – Nipsey Hussle
128. “Any time a country transitioned to a flat currency, they collapsed. That’s just world history. You don’t have to know about cryptocurrency to know that.” – Nipsey Hussle
129. “Finish what we started, reach them heights, you know?” – Nipsey Hussle
130. “You gotta go hard, you gotta believe in yourself.” – Nipsey Hussle
131. “A solution built by an artist serves the artist more than the solution the capitalist comes up with.” – Nipsey Hussle
132. “I say that in the most humble way: I always knew that I could perform with the best of ’em and I could deliver with the best of ’em.” – Nipsey Hussle
133. “I’m the type of person where my safe place to be emotional is the booth.” – Nipsey Hussle
134. “Don’t worry ’bout what people gon’ say. Girl, do what you want to.” – Nipsey Hussle
135. “No one in life can enjoy peace until they know the meaning of it.” – Nipsey Hussle
136. “Without a game plan and without a strong sense of faith in what you’re doing, it’s gonna be real hard to accomplish anything.” – Nipsey Hussle
137. “Constant repetition is the path to progression.” – Nipsey Hussle
138. “One pillar to wealth is having residual income.” – Nipsey Hussle
139. “I don’t know about hell, I don’t know about heaven. All I know is ’bout right now and this lifestyle is interesting.” – Nipsey Hussle
140. “Most important thing is to get rid of doubt. If you have doubt in what you’re doing, it’s not gonna work.” – Nipsey Hussle
141. “I seen a lot of artists be hot for a minute, and then that’s it, and somebody else come in.” – Nipsey Hussle
142. “I grew up in an environment where being polite was taken as a weakness. So, I just fought everybody.” – Nipsey Hussle
143. “It’s strictly business in this game, still they faking friendly. Don’t let them take advantage of you.” – Nipsey Hussle
144. “Doing music to pay bills is an uncomfortable situation. I never wanted to be in that situation.” – Nipsey Hussle
145. “We don’t want to wait on someone to hire us and give us a check. We want to create our own opportunities.” – Nipsey Hussle
146. “If you do it, be the best at it.” – Nipsey Hussle
147. “I get a more passionate delivery when I just go in the booth and let the music talk.” – Nipsey Hussle
148. “When you talk about black entrepreneurship, you’re talking about addressing the foundation of what’s going on with our people when we don’t have any financial power. Our basic needs aren’t being met in a lot of cases, so there’s no way we’re going to be able to tap into our potential until we address those bottom-level base needs.” – Nipsey Hussle
149. “My career as Nipsey Hussle is based on my life as Ermias Asghedom.” – Nipsey Hussle
150. “I always wanted to operate at the highest altitude, just in terms of hip-hop and the music.” – Nipsey Hussle
151. “I intend to inspire people with my story—motivate young people that grew up like myself, or even not like myself. Just, you know, go through the human experience.” – Nipsey Hussle
152. “Thought is powerful in all phases. Even in my career, even in my life, things end up exactly how I visualized them.” – Nipsey Hussle
153. “Proud 2 Pay – that’s something that distinguishes me, that’s something that defines me, and we’re going to keep that going.” – Nipsey Hussle
154. “I look at it like the game is gonna test you. Everything’s gonna test you if it’s worthwhile and you’re gonna make decisions based on what you care about more.” – Nipsey Hussle
155. “Most of the time, when it rains it starts pouring, but how we grind it makes the weather change for us.” – Nipsey Hussle
156. “I believe that we should own the fruits of our labor and the assets of our creations.” – Nipsey Hussle
157. “You’re not going to scare me into being somebody I don’t want to be.” – Nipsey Hussle
158. “Looking at 2014, I look back: we made more money off ‘Mailbox Money’ than we would have made off taking an advance from anybody. We made more money letting our fans buy the stuff directly from us than what any label could have offered us.” – Nipsey Hussle
159. “I will never say something I don’t agree with or believe in… even if the reward is massive!” – Nipsey Hussle
160. “As is the case with most people in this game, I am driven by financial motives and creative motives; the question I had to answer is which motive I will give priority to?” – Nipsey Hussle
161. “If it wasn’t for the music being my outlet, I’d probably be hustlin’. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t be able to go and get a nine-to-five—I never finished high school or none of that.” – Nipsey Hussle
162. “I’m about seeing long-term, seeing a vision, understanding nothing really worthwhile happens overnight, and just sticking to your script long enough to make something real happen.” – Nipsey Hussle
163. “You will never be criticized by someone who is doing more than you. You will only be criticized by someone who is doing less than you. Remember that.” – Nipsey Hussle
164. “Instead of trying to build a brick wall, lay a brick everyday. Eventually, you’ll look up and you’ll have a brick wall.” – Nipsey Hussle
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176 Inspirational Pablo Picasso Quotes on Art, Creativity and Life
Hey there, art lovers and curious minds! Are you ready to dive deep into the colorful, chaotic, and brilliant world of Pablo Picasso?
I’ve gathered 176 of pablo picasso’s most inspiring quotes that reveal the genius behind the masterpieces.
Picasso wasn’t just about Cubism and crazy creativity; his words offer a treasure trove of wisdom on life, art, and everything in between.
Whether you’re an artist looking for a spark, or just someone who loves a good quote, you’re in the right place.
Get ready to see the world through Picasso’s eyes and let his words inspire your next big idea.
Here are the most inspirational Pablo Picasso quotes
1. “I’m Picasso! You and I are going to do great things together.”
2. “Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon.”
3. “Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.”
4. “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
5. “Everything you can imagine is real.”
6. “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”
7. “It takes a long time to become young.”
8. “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.”
9. “The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense.”
10. “I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.”
11. “Action is the foundational key to all success.”
12. “I’d like to live as a poor man with lots of money.”
13. “Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions.”
14. “Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.”
15. “He can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.”
16. “It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.”
17. “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
18. “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
19. “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”
20. “Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.”
21. “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.”
22. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
23. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
24. “The older you get, the stronger the wind gets – and it’s always in your face.”
25. “Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No.”
26. “Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”
27. “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.”
28. “If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse… but surely you will see the wildness!”
29. “The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.”
30. “The first half of life is learning to be an adult—the second half is learning to be a child.”
31. “There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.”
32. “It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
33. “We don’t grow older, we grow riper.”
34. “The people who make art their business are mostly impostors.”
35. “One must act in painting as in life, directly.”
36. “Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.”
37. “To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense! To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul, to give it its final blow: the most unfortunate and hard blow.”
38. “To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.”
39. “Every positive value has its price in negative terms… the genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.”
40. “Good artists copy, great artists steal.”
41. “I do not seek. I find.”
42. “I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.”
43. “I don’t believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents.”
44. “I paint as if some blind man was looking over my shoulder.”
45. “If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes.”
46. “In art, there is only one thing that counts: the thing you cannot explain.”
47. “It is not what the artist does that counts, but what he is.”
48. “It took me a lifetime.”
49. “Love is the greatest refreshment in life.”
50. “Museums are just a lot of lies, and the people who make art their business are mostly impostors.”
51. “My mother said to me, ‘If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.’ Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.”
52. “Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.”
53. “Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.”
54. “Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.”
55. “Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself. And to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.”
56. “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place.”
57. “The world today doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?”
58. “There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward, you can remove all traces of reality.”
59. “To draw, you must close your eyes and sing.”
60. “We have a misfortune that our minds have wings, but our bodies do not.”
61. “What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only eyes if he is a painter, or ears if he is a musician?”
62. “What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face?”
63. “What one does is what counts and not what one had the intention of doing.”
64. “You mustn’t always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.”
65. “You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea.”
66. “What is necessary to paint well? The importance of an artist is to be able to survive as an artist.”
67. “We must be vigilant, even against our own subconscious thoughts.”
68. “Art is the most effective mode of communication that exists.”
69. “Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
70. “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”
71. “Give me a museum, and I’ll fill it.”
72. “Art is the most beautiful of all lies.”
73. “I do not believe I have ever painted a dream.”
74. “In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.”
75. “I am the child who is born out of the incestuous marriage of art and money.”
76. “Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous.”
77. “Give me a forum, and I’ll give you a controversy.”
78. “It’s not what you paint but how you paint it.”
79. “The one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.”
80. “Good artists borrow, great artists steal.”
81. “A picture used to be a sum of additions. In my case, a picture is a sum of destructions.”
82. “I don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things.”
83. “When we discovered Cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering Cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us.”
84. “When art critics get together, they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together, they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.”
85. “You must not be afraid of making mistakes. Mistakes are never a crime in art.”
86. “You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression.”
87. “It is not up to the painter to define the symbols. Otherwise, it would be better if he wrote them out in so many words! The public who look at the picture must interpret the symbols as they understand them.”
88. “Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No. Just as one can never learn how to paint.”
89. “Give me some mud and I will paint you a picture of a woman.”
90. “There is no such thing as a mistake in art.”
91. “A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.”
92. “Every positive value has its price in negative terms. The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.”
93. “The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.”
94. “The one thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.”
95. “One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite – that particular peach is but a detail.”
96. “The more I paint, the more I like everything.”
97. “Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar.”
98. “What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter someday, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.”
99. “You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression.”
100. “Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.”
101. “I am only an entertainer who has understood his time.”
102. “Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.”
103. “Give me a lamp and a place to stand, and I will move the world.”
104. “An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate, it becomes transformed by thought.”
105. “The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.”
106. “When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it.”
107. “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”
108. “Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.”
109. “I paint just as I breathe.”
110. “When I work I relax; doing nothing or entertaining visitors makes me tired.”
111. “I never do a painting as a work of art. All of them are researches.”
112. “I search incessantly and there is a logical sequence in all this research.”
113. “I attempt to observe nature, always. I am intent on resemblance, and resemblance more real than the real, attaining the surreal.”
114. “For my part I always aim at likeness.… For me surreality is nothing else, never has been anything else, than that deep likeness far beyond the shapes and colors of immediate appearance.”
115. “I have only one thought: work.”
116. “In art, the mass of people no longer seek consolation and exaltation but whatever is new, odd, original, extravagant, or scandalous.”
117. “By amusing myself with all these games, rebuses, and arabesques I became famous, famous very quickly.”
118. “But when I am quite alone I have not the courage to think of myself as an artist in the ancient, splendid sense of the word.”
119. “In the course of my reading I have necessarily waded through thick clouds of interpretative Teutonic metaphysics and a great deal of homespun psychology.”
120. “Where do I get this power of creating and forming? I don’t know.”
121. “The man in the glass cannot make himself out.”
122. “Even if he had been as fluent as Bossuet no amount of words could have said so much, nor so accurately, as a single picture.”
123. “Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.”
124. “There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward, you can remove all traces of reality.”
125. “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”
126. “Art is the most beautiful of all lies.”
127. “It is not what an artist does that counts, but what he is.”
128. “Give me a museum, and I’ll fill it.”
129. “When art critics get together, they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together, they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.”
130. “It’s not what you paint but how you paint it.”
131. “You must not be afraid of making mistakes. Mistakes are never a crime in art.”
132. “The one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous.”
133. “In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.”
134. “A picture used to be a sum of additions. In my case, a picture is a sum of destructions.”
135. “An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate, it becomes transformed by thought.”
136. “The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.”
137. “What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter someday, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.”
138. “When we discovered Cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering Cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us.”
139. “Every positive value has its price in negative terms. The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.”
140. “The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.”
141. “The one thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.”
142. “One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite – that particular peach is but a detail.”
143. “The more I paint, the more I like everything.”
144. “Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar.”
145. “What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter someday, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.”
146. “Art is the most effective mode of communication that exists.”
147. “Art is the lie that makes us see the truth.”
148. “Every act of creation is, first of all, an act of destruction.”
149. “An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate, it becomes transformed by thought.”
150. “Art is the lie that makes us realize the truth.”
151. “It is your work in life that is the ultimate seduction.”
152. “There is no such thing as a mistake in art.”
153. “Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.”
154. “To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.”
155. “We don’t grow older; we grow riper.”
156. “Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon.”
157. “You mustn’t always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.”
158. “Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”
159. “Give me a lamp and a place to stand, and I will move the world.”
160. “An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate, it becomes transformed by thought.”
161. “The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.”
162. “What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter someday, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.”
163. “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”
164. “It’s not what you paint but how you paint it.”
165. “When we discovered Cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering Cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us.”
166. “When art critics get together, they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together, they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine.”
167. “You must not be afraid of making mistakes. Mistakes are never a crime in art.”
168. “You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression.”
169. “It is not up to the painter to define the symbols. Otherwise, it would be better if he wrote them out in so many words! The public who look at the picture must interpret the symbols as they understand them.”
170. “A picture used to be a sum of additions. In my case, a picture is a sum of destructions.”
171. “Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No. Just as one can never learn how to paint.”
172. “Give me some mud and I will paint you a picture of a woman.”
173. “There is no such thing as a mistake in art.”
174. “A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.”
175. “The one thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.”
176. “The more technique you have, the less you have to worry about it. The more technique there is, the less there is.”
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32 Powerful Quotes About Overcoming Procrastination by Joel Brown
I’ve put together something special for you: my Top 32 Procrastination Quotes.
Did you know that Procrastination is not about you being Lazy? There’s something much deeper going on in your subconscious. I create. a quick 3 min quiz you can take to discover which of the 6 procrastination types you are, you can take the quiz here: DoQuiz.com
These procrastination quotes aren’t just your everyday quotes; they’re power-packed nuggets of wisdom to kick procrastination to the curb and get you moving.
Drawing from my years of coaching and diving deep into what makes us tick (or what stops us in our tracks), I’ve crafted these quotes to light a fire under you. They’re a mix of tough love, inspiration, and just that little nudge we all need sometimes.
Whether you’ve been with me on this journey for a while or you’re just getting to know me, these quotes are for you.
They’re your wake-up call to stop waiting for “the right time” and start making your own right time, right now.
So, let’s dive in and shake things up. These quotes are more than just words; they’re your toolkit for beating procrastination and stepping into your power.
Let’s get to it!
The Top 32 Procrastination Quotes To Get You Into Action
Procrastination is not a problem with managing time; it is a problem with managing emotions. Manage your emotions, not your time. – Joel Brown
Embrace the discomfort of starting. It’s the secret passage to overcoming procrastination and rediscovering your momentum. – Joel Brown
Procrastination often disguises itself as planning. It tricks you into feeling productive, but in reality, you’re just stalling. Without action, there’s no progress, leaving you stranded in a sea of unfulfilled plans. The solution is simple: Stop overthinking and just start! – Joel Brown
Procrastination feeds on fear, but action starves it. Take the first step, even if it’s small, and watch the fear fade away. – Joel Brown
God handed you time on a golden platter, and you’re letting it rot with procrastination? Show some respect. – Joel Brown
In the brain’s battle between instant gratification and long-term success, procrastination is the enemy you’ve welcomed in. – Joel Brown
Procrastination isn’t just the thief of time; it’s the silencer of potential and the postponer of purpose. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is a glitch, and with a mind like yours, glitches are easily overridden. Command your focus and rewrite your neural code. – Joel Brown
Neurologically speaking, procrastination might be the brain’s way of asking us for a deeper dialogue with our purpose. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is like the fog over the lands of potential; once cleared, the path becomes visible and the journey, achievable. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is more than just a delay—it’s a barrier between you and your highest potential, between you and the life you deserve. The inability to act due to lack of structure, indecision, unclear life goals, and uncertainty about the future is silently eroding your wealth and well-being. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is the mind’s protective mechanism against perceived threats and discomforts. – Joel Brown
Procrastination may be a symptom of our brain’s resistance to discomfort, but overcoming it is a testament to human resilience. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is the mind’s pendulum, swinging between the desire for change and the fear of it. – Joel Brown
Avoidance patterns, like procrastination, are the brain’s way of seeking momentary relief, often at the cost of long-term fulfillment. – Joel Brown
To overcome procrastination is to master the dance between the mind’s desire for comfort and the soul’s need for growth. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is the mind’s way of avoiding the discomfort of growth and the fear of the unknown. – Joel Brown
The lies you tell yourself will eventually become your limit. Break the cycle of procrastination, get up, and you’ll discover your true power. – Joel Brown
Procrastination and staying in your comfort zone is like sitting in a parked car with the engine running – you’re wasting precious fuel and going nowhere fast. Don’t let fear of the unknown or discomfort hold you back from reaching your destination. – Joel Brown
Procrastination and distraction are like two thieves in the night, stealing your time and robbing you of your potential. Don’t let them sneak in and take what’s yours. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is like a credit card: it’s a lot of fun until you get the bill. – Joel Brown
Procrastination is self-denial of your potential. You put your future at risk to avoid judgement. Real coaches know that in order for their client to remove this “perceived pain of the future” they must support their clients to accept and heal the pain experienced in the past. – Joel Brown
A purpose-driven individual knows how to conquer these seven flaws successfully: Oversleeping, blame, fear, jealousy, resentment, sloth, and procrastination. – Joel Brown
Your real issues:
– Your procrastination
– The junk food you eat
– Your lack of discipline
– Your self-doubt
– Your self-criticism
– Your lack of focus
– Your pride
Go to war with that. – Joel Brown
Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Break the chain of procrastination. Every day, take a small step. Example: If you want to stop eating sugar, pick one day a week when you won’t eat any kind of sugar. Take it step by step from there. – Joel Brown
The bridge between ‘someday’ and ‘today’ is built with the bricks of discipline and the mortar of commitment. Start laying your bricks now. – Joel Brown
The cost of procrastination is the life you could’ve lived, the goals you could’ve achieved, and the person you could’ve become. Let’s invest in your future, starting now. – Joel Brown
Overcoming procrastination isn’t about finding more time; it’s about creating more purpose. Let’s ignite your purpose and watch time find you. – Joel Brown
Procrastination’s greatest lie is that there will always be a tomorrow. Let’s live and act with the urgency of today, for it’s the only guarantee we have. – Joel Brown
Your dreams don’t have a snooze button. Stop hitting ‘later’ and start living now. – Joel Brown
Waiting for the perfect moment is like fishing in a dry pond. Cast your net now, where the water is plentiful. – Joel Brown
“Procrastination is a silent assassin. Speak life into your goals with action.” – Joel Brown
Which one was your favorite procrastination quote? I’d love to know.
Share it in the comments below.
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10x Powerful Grant Cardone Quotes That Have Changed My Life
Ten powerful quotes by Grant Cardone have profoundly impacted my life and helped me achieve my goals
Grant Cardone is a renowned entrepreneur, motivational speaker, Real Estate mogul, and author known for his powerful and inspiring quotes that have impacted the lives of millions of people. In this article, we will delve into the top 10 quotes that have had a profound impact on my life and the lives of others. (more…)
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80 Inspirational Quotes About Purpose to Fuel Your Passion
If you’re seeking inspiration and motivation to discover your purpose in life, look no further than these purpose quotes. Finding your purpose can be a challenging and daunting task, but it’s a crucial step towards living a fulfilling life. These quotes provide wisdom and insight into the importance of purpose and how to pursue it.
Whether you’re feeling lost or searching for direction, these purpose quotes can provide clarity and guidance. From famous philosophers and authors to modern-day thought leaders, these quotes offer a diverse range of perspectives on purpose.
Take some time to reflect on these purpose quotes and consider how they resonate with your own journey. Remember that discovering your purpose is a personal and unique experience, but these quotes can serve as a source of encouragement and inspiration along the way.
So, if you’re ready to unlock the power of purpose in your life, start by exploring these insightful purpose quotes. With determination, focus, and a positive mindset, you can discover your purpose and live the life you’ve always dreamed of.
Here are 80 Inspirational Quotes about Purpose
1. “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
2. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Pablo Picasso
3. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs
4. “Your purpose is not just a job or a career, it’s a calling from God that inspires you to make a difference in the world.” – Joel Brown
5. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
6. “The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.” – Robert F. Kennedy
7. “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman
8. “Your purpose in life is to use your unique gifts and talents to make a positive impact on the world around you.” – Sir Ken Robinson
9. “Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.” – Soren Kierkegaard
10. “The purpose of life is to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
11. “Don’t wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect.” – Unknown
12. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
13. “Your purpose in life is to use your gifts and passions to help others, and in doing so, find joy and fulfillment for yourself.” – Unknown
14. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
15. “The purpose of life is to find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.” – Stephen Covey
16. “Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever.” – Peter Hagerty
17. “Your purpose in life is to create something that outlasts you.” – Matthew McConaughey
18. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
19. “The purpose of life is to find your own way, and to find your own path, and to follow it.” – Unknown
20. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
21. “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” – Vivian Greene
22. “The purpose of life is to make your heart sing and your soul dance.” – Unknown
23. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis
24. “The purpose of life is to be a light to others, to show them the way, and to help them find their own path.” – Unknown
25. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
26. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
27. “The purpose of life is to find your passion and pursue it. – Unknown
28. “You were born with a purpose. You have something to offer the world that no one else can.” – Marie Forleo
29. “Purpose is the reason you journey. Passion is the fire that lights your way.” – Ryan Blair
30. “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
31. “The meaning of life is to give life meaning.” – Ken Hudgins
32. “The purpose of life is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
33. “Your purpose in life is to find your voice and give it a voice.” – Stephen Covey
34. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” – Steve Jobs
35. “Your purpose in life is to find your own path, and to follow it, no matter what anyone else says.” – Unknown
36. “When you find your purpose, everything else falls into place.” – Frida
37. “Your purpose is not to impress others, but to express yourself.” – Unknown
38. “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
39. “Find your purpose, and then give your whole heart to it.” – Unknown
40. “You have a purpose in life. Don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise.” – Unknown
41. “Purpose is the reason you are here. Passion is what makes you stay.” – Michael Jordan
42. “The purpose of life is to create, to give, to love, and to leave a legacy.” – Unknown
43. “The purpose of life is not to be perfect, but to be authentic.” – Unknown
44. “Your purpose is to live the life that is right for you, not the life that others expect of you.” – Kobe Bryant
45. “Your purpose in life is to make a positive difference in the world, no matter how small.” – Richard Branson
46. “The purpose of life is to find truth, and to live it, no matter what.” – Joel Brown
47. “Your purpose in life is to create a life that you love, and to share that love with others.” – Unknown
48. “Your purpose in life is not to be successful, but to live a meaningful life that aligns with your values and passions.” – Unknown
49. “Finding your purpose is a journey, not a destination.” – Unknown
50. “The purpose of life is to use your gifts and talents to make the world a better place.” – Dwayne Johnson
51. “The purpose of life is to be yourself, and to express yourself fully in the world.” – Unknown
52. “Your purpose in life is to live with intention, to pursue your passions, and to make a positive impact on the world.” – Unknown
53. “Your purpose in life is not just to exist, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” – Maya Angelou
54. “The purpose of life is to grow, to learn, to evolve, and to become the best version of yourself.” – Unknown
55. “Your purpose in life is to live a life that is true to yourself, and that inspires others to do the same.” – Unknown
56. “The purpose of life is to find joy in the journey, and to create a life that brings you happiness and fulfillment.” – Dwight Howard
57. “Your purpose in life is to make a difference in the lives of others, to be of service, and to contribute to the greater good.” – Myles Munroe
58. “The purpose of life is to discover your own path, and to have the courage to follow it, no matter where it leads.” – Jay Shetty
59. “Your purpose in life is to be the best version of yourself, and to inspire others to do the same.” – Unknown
60. “The purpose of life is to create something that will outlast us, to leave a positive impact on the world, and to make a difference in the lives of others.” – Elon Musk
61. “Your purpose in life is to embrace your unique gifts and talents, and to use them to create a life that is truly your own.” – Unknown
62. “The purpose of life is to seek out new experiences, to learn, to grow, and to find meaning in every moment.” – Unknown
63. “The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.” – Myles Munroe
64. “Chase the vision, not the money; the money will end up following you.” – Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos
65. “A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.” – Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company
66. “You can’t have a million-dollar dream with a minimum-wage work ethic.” – Stephen C. Hogan, author and entrepreneur
67. “When you have a strong enough why, you can tolerate any how.” – Tony Robbins
68. “Purpose is not a destination, it’s a journey. It’s not something you find, it’s something you create.” – Evan Carmichael
69. “If you are not passionate about it, forget it.” – Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s
70. “You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.” – Rick Warren
Here are some of my most shared quotes about purpose:
1. “Without purpose, you’re like a ship without a rudder, drifting into the abyss, never reaching your destination.” – Joel Brown
2. “Purpose is the compass that will guide you on your journey to greatness.” – Joel Brown
3. “Purpose is not just a destination, it’s a journey, a process of self-discovery and growth.” – Joel Brown
4. “The most successful people in the world have a clear sense of purpose, a burning desire to achieve their dreams.” – Joel Brown
5. “Your purpose is your passion, the thing that makes you come alive and gives your life meaning.” – Joel Brown
6. “Purpose gives you the courage to take risks, to try new things, to step outside of your comfort zone.” – Joel Brown
7. “The key to unlocking your full potential is to discover your God given purpose, and then pursue it with all your heart.” – Joel Brown
8. “When you have a strong sense of purpose, you can overcome any obstacle and achieve anything you set your mind to.” – Joel Brown
9. “Your purpose is not just about what you do, it’s about who you are and what you stand for.” – Joel Brown
10. “Purpose is the driving force behind all great achievements. When you have a clear sense of purpose, nothing can stop you.” – Joel Brown
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