My work is not my life. I started writing quite late, I didn't have that 'writing is everything, my art is all.' You have to be able to recognise the difference between the two. Kate Atkinson artdifferencelate Change image and share on social
My work is not so much a direct commentary as it is an open-ended observation of the absurdities around us. Ori Gersht absurditycommentarydirect Change image and share on social
My work is of me; it's not me. I want it to be far more extraordinary than I am. Sarah Hall extraordinarywork Change image and share on social
My work is on the one hand laboured, and on the other completely happenstance and intuitive. Ellen Gallagher completelyhandhappenstance Change image and share on social
My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings. Lucian Freud autobiographicalpurelysurrounding Change image and share on social
My work is really abject and self-effacing sometimes. I mean, it's big and overwrought, but it's just paper dolls, and it's kind of silly. Kara Walker abjectbigdoll Change image and share on social
My work is so unorthodox that from one panel to the next, the drawings are completely different... totally opposed to the way of working in something like animation, where every drawing has to look like the one before. Sergio Aragones animationcompletelydraw share on social
My work is still very much light-hearted, positive outlook, laugh at yourself. But it isn't going to be the laugh-a-minute kind of thing that my early work was. Tom Bodett earlyheartedkind Change image and share on social
My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on. To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation, but I'm working on the foundation. Marilyn Monroe bluntlyfoundationgrind Change image and share on social
My work is therapeutic: 'Monster's Ball,' 'Woodsman' and 'Shadowboxer,' because I don't go to therapy, and I sort of live life through my films. Lee Daniels ballfilmlife Change image and share on social