Muse Quotes · Page 24

Sitting around and waiting for your muse is not the best choice.

— Kristin Hannah

It's why muse is so impatient with me. I don't ever go to her until after the teaching or whatever is over.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

With her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,' Rooney Mara gave fashion…

— Derek Blasberg

Express your creativity. Delight in the mystery of your inner muse.

— Cheryl Richardson

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

Then, rising with Aurora's light, The Muse invoked, sit down to write; Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish, interline.

— Jonathan Swift

I was the muse of Tom Ford and Gucci for years, but that was a long time ago.

— Carine Roitfeld

Pity! Religion has so seldom found A skilful guide into poetic ground! The flowers would spring where'er she deign'd to stray And…

— William Cowper

“When there is silence, Give your voice. When there is darkness, Shine your light. When there is desperation, Offer hope.”

— Tim Fargo

As someone whose music is connected to his personal growth, I feel an obligation to follow this muse wherever it leads.

— Devin Townsend

Angel and Muse approach from without; the Angel sheds light and the Muse gives form (Hesiod learned of them). Gold leaf or…

— Anonymous

Inspiration is a message-in-a-bo ttle from the distant shore, a window into the other world, a tap of the muse's finger, the…

— Phil Cousineau

“Inspiration is that little spark that comes at night to set our souls ablaze.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

I could not but smile to think in what out-of-the-way corners genius produces her bantlings! And the Muses, those capricious dames, who,…

— Washington Irving

“The golden anchor beckons, the blue sail rises Like the wing of a dream unfolding to a new day. Let us depart,…

— Delmira Agustini

If you're a model, you're paid to be a muse.

— Lindsey Wixson

Musicians are kind of like pirates, you know? You have to be free to follow whatever your muse is, or wherever life…

— Laura Jane Grace

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

“Forcing the muse to let thoughts flow; equals to pushing a child, into labor.”

— Aniruddha Sastikar

“She cured me of my sadness.”

— Avijeet Das

For me, a muse is someone who looks glamorous but is quite passive, whereas I was very hard-working. I worked from 9am…

— Loulou de la Falaise

Don't be different just for different's sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.

— Morgan Freeman

[My muse] she's impatient with me, because I don't do what I should do: sit down and write.

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

“Arts without a spiritual relative is like frying buns with water.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

I want the principles of a timeless muse, I want to eradicate my negative views.

— Lou Reed