Inspiration Quotes by Steven Pressfield

Start before you’re ready.

— Steven Pressfield

“The Muse honors the working stiff.”

— Steven Pressfield

The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.

— Steven Pressfield

The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.

— Steven Pressfield

The professional is acutely aware of the intangibles that go into inspiration. Out of respect for them, she lets them work. She…

— Steven Pressfield

“When inspiration touches talent, she gives birth to truth and beauty. And when Steven Pressfield was writing The War of Art, she…

— Steven Pressfield

...she (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition.

— Steven Pressfield

“Someone once asked Somerset Maugham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. “I write only when inspiration…

— Steven Pressfield

Someone once asked Somerset Maughham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. "I write only when inspiration…

— Steven Pressfield

The professional dedicates himself to mastering technique not because he believes technique is a substitute for inspiration but because he wants to…

— Steven Pressfield

“The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone…

— Steven Pressfield

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