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 don't think that if I had spent the time that I was in, say, Belgrade, writing about my time in Trieste,… — Jessa Crispin Copy Share Image
As a general rule, those who are dissatisfied with themselves will seek to go out of themselves into an ideal world. Persons… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The Chinese traditionally have revered age and longevity - I have one and hope for the other! - so, in Taipei, a… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse. — Edmund Waller Copy Share Image
“You are my fantasy on a cold dark night, my muse during the light of day and the one wish my soul… — Grace Willows Copy Share Image
Nothing which is harmonized by the bond of the Muse can be changed from its own to another language without destroying its… — Dante Alighieri Copy Share Image
“We're never alone. As soon as we step outside the campfire glow, our Muse lights on our shoulder like a butterfly. The… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
I truly believe that a beautiful woman is a beautiful woman, but a beautiful woman with a brain is an absolutely lethal… — Prabal Gurung Copy Share Image
A successful artist is inspired by his muse, and his muse is inspired by the payment of a commission. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Don't wait for the muse. She has a lousy work ethic. Writers just write. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“I’m just a wretched half-blood girl caught in a storm.” Akil tasted his wine and smiled. “Muse, you are the storm.” — Pippa DaCosta Copy Share Image
As the profoundest philosophy of ancient Rome and Greece lighted her taper at Israel's altar, so the sweetest strains of the pagan… — Edward Thomson Copy Share Image
I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Your gracefulness and feminine charms always so tender, you make my heart smile and wonder!” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In the end, there is no ideal condition for creativity. What works for one person is useless for another. The only criterion… — Twyla Tharp Copy Share Image
“Writing is mental exercise and the preeminent method to train the mind to achieve a desirable state of mental quietude. Meditative writing,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she enthrones him in the heavens. — Horace Copy Share Image
I have a vast 'bone pile' of stillborn or abandoned poems along with jottings and wisps from the great beyond that I… — Maxine Kumin Copy Share Image
I was following my muse and I was very fortunate in having good people around me and it turned out to be… — Ronnie Montrose Copy Share Image
Sometimes I just don't have time to wait for the muse to come, so I've developed things to force the muse to… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
