Odilon Redon Quotes

Passion and persistence are what matter. Dreams are achievable and you can make your fantasy come true, but there are no shortcuts. Nothing happens without hard work.

Anyone can dabble, but once you've made that commitment, your blood has that particular thing in it, and it's very hard for people to stop you.

To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

I was determined to dance. That's why I lasted so long.

I found I have to stay painting.

I've got a very short attention span, and this has been part of the reason I'm so kind of dumbfounded at the fact that I've still stayed with music. Nothing has ever stuck for me, and music's the only thing that's managed to stick out for a long period of time.

Guys are so good. It's just about how badly you want it. I want it real bad.

A consistent and heart-filled effort to completion is the foundation of excellent work.

Angel, a crowd of millions couldn’t hide you from me. I found you once. I’ll always find you.

People with passion are people who will destroy - for a man's passion is not true until he proves how much he's willing to sacrifice for it.

One difference between those who make it and those who don't--regardless of their field of endeavor--is not the "talent" difference. Those who go over the top have a dream and the dream has them. They make the commitment and pursue that dream with dogged patience and persistence. Commitment produces consistent, enthusiastic effort that inevitably produces greater and greater rewards.

A dream shouldn't be measured by its size or scope, nor by the age or the experience of the dreamer, but rather by the passion, integrity and commitment of that dreamer to follow his or her heart

In order to achieve great things in your life, you have to be consistent in what you are doing.

Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.

What's exciting about being an artist, still, and what I'm really finding is awesome is that you can do it until you drop. I don't care how many lines I have on my face - I'll keep doing it!

You don't need a new plan for next year. You need a commitment.

Passion produces the best discipline.

Life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve.

I think passion and discipline are wonderful, complementary things.

No man can hope to accomplish anything great in this world until he throws his whole soul, flings the force of his whole life, into it. It is not enough simply to have a general desire to accomplish something. There is but one way to do that; and that is, to try to be somebody with all the concentrated energy we can muster.

You're not going to be persistent and tenacious enough if you don't love what you're doing. If it's not something that excites you, that appeals to you deep down inside.

If you love something and if you're committed and diligent - the things happen!

To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all cherish a magnificent obsession.

The artists who endure are the ones who stay focused even after they have reached the top of their profession.

Passion has little to do with euphoria and everything to do with patience. It is not about feeling good. It is about endurance. Like patience, passion comes from the same Latin root: pati. It does not mean to flow with exuberance. It means to suffer.