"I have, at times, been absorbed in my work to the point of complete self-oblivion. Once I worked for thirty-six hours without a break - to complete exhaustion; and while I was in the middle of it I didn't even notice."

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Alton Tobey

#Self Quotes #Six Quotes #Obsession Quotes

“I love how people in this business push themselves to know themselves, the world, and their creativity better.”
“I didn't have any intention of releasing any of the tracks I made.”
“Despite what I do for a living, I am very insecure about my body.”
“How often I admire the taste shown in the garden which, within the house, may be indifferent. Here is an art which is today probably more perfect than at any previous time, one which does not break with the past, while it brings a sense of comely order, and a radiant beauty, to cottage and manor alike.”
“Honesty, by evil fortune tried, Finds in adversity the seed of praise.”
“I always travel with my bike and it has become a little more difficult to do it nowadays, but I stick it in 3,5 by 6-foot case and wheel that thing in.”
“The cocktail party has a simple function in modern society. Its basic purpose is to pay off social debts.”
“A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun.”

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