“You can lead and motivate people without a certificate or title, what you need to do is to tell people a compelling… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
I find it a great and fatal difference whether I court the Muse, or the Muse courts me. That is the ugly… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There is something else at work here that is beyond me - and that is Laura. She has a life of her… — Genie Francis Copy Share Image
Everything is my demon muse. I have a muse which whispers in my ear and says, 'Do this, do that,' but it's… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
You know, I auditioned for 'Titanic.' Sometimes I muse on what would have happened. That would have been such a different life. — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Here will I live in the rainy season, here in the autumn and in the summer: thus muses the fool. He realizes… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
When you first awaken or before drifting off to sleep, quiet your mind, lift up your heart, muse, mull over, make discoveries.… — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
The muse whispers to you when she chooses, and you can't tell her to come back later, because you quickly learn in… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
I think being consistent is really important. In the arts there's a misconception that you sit around waiting for the muse to… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
I wept when the muse Ulla bent over me. Blinded by tears I could not prevent her from kissing me, I could… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
People think of me as a stereotype: muse, privileged, decorative. Classically, the muses were the inspiration. They'd come and go - they… — Amanda Harlech Copy Share Image
O you, who in some pretty boat, Eager to listen, have been following Behind my ship, that singing sails along Turn back… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
Here I am, the artist, the person, the black woman, and the stereotype. I'm using myself and it has nothing to do… — Mickalene Thomas Copy Share Image
With the Neal Morse Band, we're doing progressive music with a harder edge; it's a little more in Dream Theater territory for… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
“It’s Friday evening and I’m staring at the blinking cursor on my laptop, waiting for the right words to come to me… — Gina L. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“That poem was not by me. It is among the things which quite overpower me; I have never been able to read… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Lovely thoughts came flying to meet me like birds. They weren't my thoughts. I couldn't think anything half so exquisite. They came… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“Into the wind we vary, Our hearts free of youth, Mold me into envy, If I can’t have your muse; Under toe,… — Adrianna Stepiano Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I write. And then it's as if the muse is convinced that I'm serious and says, 'Okay. Okay. I'll… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
It's as if I'm setting aside the husband and son, you know, the patriarchal world, for the world of the muse. This… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
“Audrey, if you had the choice, would you rather be his muse or be in his arms?" "I want to be both.… — Lang Leav Copy Share Image
Popular poets are the parish priests of the Muse, retailing her ancient divinations to a long since converted public. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
“You are the beautiful notes in every song I sing. You are the beautiful face behind every lyric I write. You are… — M. Leighton Copy Share Image
A writer needs to write, period. He or she can't wait for the muse, shouldn't need peace and quiet, and isn't entitled… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
Memory in Greek mythology is the mother of the muses, and it is so for me. Both personal and societal memory move… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
The lie, as a virtue, a principle, is eternal; the lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I do have a muse. I am not sure how to describe her. She can be very elusive. She was born in… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“One must give himself completely to his art and not hold back. Throw caution to the wind. Embrace the muse. Make love… — Harley King Copy Share Image
I never know if I'm the builder or architect. The role shifts all the time. But what I have come to conclude… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
If we are transparent, with nothing to hide, the gap between language and being disappears. Then the Muse can speak. — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
I think my biggest muses in fashion are probably rock 'n' roll girlfriends, like Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithfull and Bianca Jagger… — Peter Dundas Copy Share Image
The artist who chooses the difficult muse; or only has a difficult muse; should not be surprised with the results. — Oliver $ Copy Share Image
A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
I say, dress to please yourself. Listen to your inner muse and take a chance. Wear something that says 'Here I am!'… — Iris Apfel Copy Share Image
The professional will not tolerate disorder... He wants the carpet vacuumed and the threshold swept, so the Muse may enter and not… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
I think of mythology as the homeland of the muses, the inspirers of art, the inspirers of poetry. To see life as… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart; To make mankind, in… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“The golden anchor beckons, the blue sail rises Like the wing of a dream unfolding to a new day. Let us depart,… — Delmira Agustini Copy Share Image
In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the… — Kit Williams Copy Share Image
