I've learnt that the muse is like an angry girlfriend. If she comes knocking you better be home because if you're not,… — Anh Do Copy Share Image
Many are the noble words in which poets speak concerning the actions of men; but like yourself when speaking about Homer, they… — Plato Copy Share Image
“Instead of discussing with myself every morning whether I feel inspired or not, I step into my office every day at nine… — Peter Prange Copy Share Image
“Thalia The finest, funniest, friendliest Muse of all, THALIA supervised the comic arts and idyllic poetry. Her name derives from the Greek… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“Flora was in that state where the spirit may be willing but the flesh is weak and wishes to go on holiday… — Mavis Cheek Copy Share Image
The man who arrives at the doors of artistic creation with none of the madness of the Muses would be convinced that… — Plato Copy Share Image
In my perfect imagination, with stern discipline I rise with the first bird, salute the dawn, have a healthy breakfast of fruits,… — Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Copy Share Image
In the beginning, there was a kind of energy that - like an urgency to express myself, and the songs just couldn't… — James Taylor Copy Share Image
“Your job is to make sure the muse knows where you're going to be every day from nine 'til noon or seven… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Dan Reynolds isn't ashamed to admit he hears 'things' others cannot. It has haunted his every walking moment for years. He doesn't… — David Dunn Copy Share Image
I think there's probably always been visions and voices, and these were variously ascribed to the divine or demonic or the muses.… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
It can pay off, being a hack. Given the depraved state of American culture, a slick dude can make millions being a… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
My muse is my wife. It's not some vague thing that flutters around the astrosphere or wherever it is. Sometimes as a… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
I believe in previous lives and the Muse—and that books and music exist before they are written and that they are propelled… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
The truth, and nothing but the truth, is that dawn begins with a wrestling match with my soul and a systematic rejection… — Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor Copy Share Image
“NO MUSE IS GOOD MUSE To be an Artist you need talent, as well as a wife who washes the socks and… — Rochelle Distelheim Copy Share Image
The feel of a canoe gunnel at the thigh, the splash of flying spray in the face, the rhythm of the snowshoe… — Grey Owl Copy Share Image
“People are dying out there, and I’m not faring much better.” “Worrying about the demise of anonymous people won’t bring them back.”… — Pippa DaCosta Copy Share Image
“ Muse When at night I wait for her to come, Life, it seems, hangs by a single strand. What are glory,… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
I think I look for a muse in women. Someone I can just picture in my mind. Someone who respects herself and… — JC Chasez Copy Share Image
The muse appears at the point in my writing when I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over, and everything… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“There is also a third kind of madness, which is possession by the Muses, enters into a delicate and virgin soul, and… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The one thing a writer has to have is a pencil and some paper. That's enough, so long as she knows that… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
My self . . . is a dramatic ensemble. Here a prophetic ancestor makes his appearance. Here a brutal hero shouts. Here… — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
“ (1) the Muse visits during, not before, the act of composition, and (2) the writer takes dictation from that place in… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
I like to have a great vibe wherever I am creating. I like to have movies playing on mute - just eye… — Luke James Copy Share Image
(...) The new nine muses, Commerce, Operatic Music, Amor, Publicity, Manufacture, Liberty of Specch, Plural Voting, Gastronomy, Private Hygiene, Seaside Concert Entertainments,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I have thought of you much, and have shared with you in thought much that has been elevating, stirring, and gay, so… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The thing with making your art your business is: It's a business. You can't sit around waiting for the muse, especially when… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
I'm introverted, and I pay attention to my muse... Record companies used to go mad and say 'We don't know the deal… — Robert Palmer Copy Share Image
“To honour its first creation, no sound was permitted within the home of Muse for a full year, no sound save that… — Cameron Rogers Copy Share Image
“Will had discovered, even before coming to the City, that his muse was, like all muses, an incredibly finicky and temperamental mistress.… — Chris Lester Copy Share Image
“The Rolling Stone magazine: ” Jarrett… demonstrated his strengths – his sure times, his far-ranging imagination, his sharply-honed technique and his particular… — Ian Carr Copy Share Image
“The distinction that only sciences are useful and only arts are spirit-enhancing is a nonsensical one. I couldn't write much without scientists… — Natalie Haynes Copy Share Image
I am coming from an older school, and I feel that you must learn to wait. There is that essay which was… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
I am a big advocate for having an open discussion about team norms and preferences. At The Muse, some of us like… — Kathryn Minshew Copy Share Image
“XXV Muse The astronomer that begins to... train an instrument to one part of heaven because celestial math says another world will… — Michael Bee Copy Share Image
As the falcon launched trustingly heavenward is lost to view, the course of the higher poetry often soars beyond the ken of… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
“My relationship with my muse is a delicate one at the best of times and I feel that it is my duty… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that the young man must possess or teach… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image