Ellsworth Kelly Quotes

If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management.

Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.

If you're building a house, or doing anything, time is what you've got. Well, there's effort, but you need time. The more time you put into something, the better stuff you can make.

I've actually not read any books on time management.

I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.

You can't master time, but you have to work your hardest to manage it.

Don't worry if you don't complete everything on the schedule. At least you will have completed the most important projects before getting to the less important ones.

Time management is the mantra of my life.

I am definitely going to take a course on time management... just as soon as I can work it into my schedule.

I am a person who works to deadlines.

Time management is really important.

Timing is everything for me, especially.

I am as prompt as a clock, if I only know the day a thing is wanted—otherwise I am a natural procrastinaturalist.

I would never finish a painting if I didn't have a deadline.

In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

The thing with making your art your business is: It's a business. You can't sit around waiting for the muse, especially when you run a show, and you're in production, and an outline is due, a script is due, and a reshoot is due. No. You look at the calendar, and you go, 'OK. I can write from 4 to 6.' So you write.

Time management is a big part of the director's job.

I don't want an opportunity to go missing because of my lack of organization.

You may delay, but time will not.

I spend a lot of time preparing. I think a lot about what I want to do. I have prep books, little notebooks in which I write everything down before a sitting. Otherwise I would forget my ideas.

Time and time again I was told that I would never make the film on time and never make it on budget. That kind of criticism tends to turn me into a great big motor of efficiency.

I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.

The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch.