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LABORS OF LOVE ARE BEAUTIFUL NOW

Artist paints landscape en plein air.
Image: by Hartwig HKD. “The Painter.”

“My mother said to me, ‘If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general, if you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope.’ Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.
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--- Pablo Picasso

Sun sets behind land art installation with rings of stones and water center.
Image: by Kodyak Tisch. “Outline.”

“Work is love made visible.”

--- Kahlil Gibran

Photographer holds camera while looking in car side mirror.
Image: by Emma Brown. “26.”

“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” 

--- Émile Zola

Woman drives red tractor through colorful field of tulips.
Image: by William Halderman. “Vickie's Tractor.”

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

--- Steve Jobs

Closeup of man doing a pushup.
Image: by Michael Taggart. “Power / Velocity - Matt.”

“We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work.” 

--- Thomas A. Edison

Bee gathers pollen from orange and yellow flower.
Image: by Wendell. “Working in a Coal Mine.”

“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

--- Theodore Roosevelt

Cowboys on horses drive cattle across pasture.
Image: by ffunyman. “Branding.”

“Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.” 

--- J.M. Barrie

Woman picks poppies.
Image: by Hans Splinter. “Working in the Garden…”

“The secret of joy in work is contained in one word – excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.”

--- Pearl S. Buck

Men cook street food at night in Asia.
Image: by Justin Connors. “ 'Ohana Means Family Part 2.”

“Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.”


--- Buddha

Man wearing many carved silver rings, holding a silver piston.
Image: by Jonathan Woodroof. “Rings.”

“I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.” 

--- Karl Lagerfeld

Artists brushes in foreground of art studio.
Image: by Michael Swan. “Brushes.”

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Freshly cut bale of green hay in pasture.
Image: by Simon Harrod. “Tractor Egg.”

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“all work and no play makes jake a dull boy” quote typed on paper.
Image: by Jacob Haddon. “Typewriter.”
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