--- title: "12 Inspiration Does Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Inspiration Does quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Inspiration Does sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/tara-ross-281583_inspiration_inspiration-does-exist-but-it-must-find_1617885.jpg" --- > [“Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-ross/inspiration-does-exist-but-it-must-find-you-working/) [Tara Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/tara-ross-281583_inspiration_inspiration-does-exist-but-it-must-find_1617885.jpg) > [When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmund-freud/when-inspiration-does-not-come-to-me-i-go-halfway-to-meet-it/) [Sigmund Freud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigmund-freud/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/sigmund-freud-360_doe_when-inspiration-does-not-come-to-me-i-g_2136878.jpg) > [Inspiration does not always precede the act of writing; it often follows it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/inspiration-does-not-always-precede-the-act-of-writing-it-often/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/madeleine-l-engle-345_doe_inspiration-does-not-always-precede-the_911133.png) > [“You have your agency, and inspiration does not—perhaps cannot—flow unless you ask for it, or someone asks for you. No message in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyd-k-packer/you-have-your-agency-and-inspiration-does-not-perhaps-cannot-flow/) [Boyd K. Packer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyd-k-packer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/boyd-k-packer-1854_bible_you-have-your-agency-and-inspiration-doe_1288100.png) > [When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-collins/when-inspiration-does-not-come-i-go-for-a-walk-go-to-the-movie-talk/) [Judy Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/judy-collins-12173_friendship_when-inspiration-does-not-come-i-go-for_1539582.png) > [“The so-called holy spirit is just another name for inspiration. This does not mean that you will become possessed and start speaking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mwanandeke-kindembo/the-so-called-holy-spirit-is-just-another-name-for-inspiration-this/) [Mwanandeke Kindembo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mwanandeke-kindembo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/mwanandeke-kindembo-1107_devil-quotes_the-so-called-holy-spirit-is-just-anothe_2624398.jpg) > [Inspiration does not come like a blot, nor is it kinetic energy striving, but it comes to us slowly and quietly all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-ueland/inspiration-does-not-come-like-a-blot-nor-is-it-kinetic-energy/) [Brenda Ueland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-ueland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f90/brenda-ueland-3836_doe_inspiration-does-not-come-like-a-blot-no_1005138.png) > [“Leadership is built on inspirations. Inspiration does both the theoretical and the practical job. By inspiration, people are not only informed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/leadership-is-built-on-inspirations-inspiration-does-both-the/) [Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9de/israelmore-ayivor-79_conviction_leadership-is-built-on-inspirations-insp_1131176.jpg) > [You can learn to write. But what you write is something that depends on your taste and on your vision or whatever.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nils-frahm/you-can-learn-to-write-but-what-you-write-is-something-that-depends/) [Nils Frahm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nils-frahm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/306/nils-frahm-32233_ask-me_you-can-learn-to-write-but-what-you-writ_2203603.jpg) > [“Inspiration does come from the world of 'What should be', but when it isn't grounded in the world of 'What is' then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-greenfield/inspiration-does-come-from-the-world-of-what-should-be-but-when-it/) [Daniel Greenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-greenfield/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/182/daniel-greenfield-110441_failure_inspiration-does-come-from-the-world-of_2987847.jpg) > [I learned...that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brenda-ueland/i-learned-that-inspiration-does-not-come-like-a-bolt-nor-is-it/) [Brenda Ueland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brenda-ueland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae4/brenda-ueland-3836_chance_i-learned-that-inspiration-does-not-come_2322616.jpg) > [There is no doubt that even the greatest musical geniuses have sometimes worked without inspiration. This guest (inspiration) does not always respond…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/there-is-no-doubt-that-even-the-greatest-musical-geniuses-have/) [Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0c/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky-23045_apathetic_there-is-no-doubt-that-even-the-greatest_1147535.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspiration-does/#itemlist", "name": "Inspiration Does Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Tara Ross" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-ross/inspiration-does-exist-but-it-must-find-you-working/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/tara-ross-281583_inspiration_inspiration-does-exist-but-it-must-find_1617885.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/tara-ross-281583_inspiration_inspiration-does-exist-but-it-must-find_1617885.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/tara-ross-281583_inspiration_inspiration-does-exist-but-it-must-find_1617885.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Inspiration does exist, but it must find you working.” — Tara Ross", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sigmund Freud" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigmund-freud/when-inspiration-does-not-come-to-me-i-go-halfway-to-meet-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/sigmund-freud-360_doe_when-inspiration-does-not-come-to-me-i-g_2136878.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/sigmund-freud-360_doe_when-inspiration-does-not-come-to-me-i-g_2136878.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/sigmund-freud-360_doe_when-inspiration-does-not-come-to-me-i-g_2136878.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.” — Sigmund Freud", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Inspiration does not always precede the act of writing; it often follows it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Madeleine L'Engle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/inspiration-does-not-always-precede-the-act-of-writing-it-often/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/madeleine-l-engle-345_doe_inspiration-does-not-always-precede-the_911133.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/madeleine-l-engle-345_doe_inspiration-does-not-always-precede-the_911133.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/398/madeleine-l-engle-345_doe_inspiration-does-not-always-precede-the_911133.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Inspiration does not always precede the act of writing; it often follows it.” — Madeleine L'Engle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You have your agency, and inspiration does not—perhaps cannot—flow unless you ask for it, or someone asks for you. 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This guest (inspiration) does not always respond to the first invitation. We must always work, and a self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood. If we wait for the mood, without endeavouring to meet it half-way, we easily become indolent and apathetic. 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