Rather, the collapsing between act and condition, "I am" with "I do," feels like authenticity, an authenticity of being. The muse rewarded… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
The idea for The Muse came from my own life, from a product that I wanted but couldn't find anywhere. Sometimes when… — Kathryn Minshew Copy Share Image
The funny thing, I guess, is that my husband ended up being the muse of a book about the worst marriage in… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
It sounds insane, I know, but I think that - I'm so lucky because I basically am my own muse. — Rumi Neely Copy Share Image
If you only write when the muse strikes, you won't get anything done. You have to write consistently, when your schedule says… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
The first two, three, four weeks are wasted. I just show up in front of the computer. Show up, show up, show… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
“I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better.” — Oroma Elewa Copy Share Image
True muses stay dreams forever unless artists connect them to exploratory work. — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
Sweet the young muse with love intense, Which smiles o'er sleeping innocence. — Christopher Smart Copy Share Image
The delicate muses lose their head if their attention is once diverted. Perhaps if you were successful abroad in talking and dealing… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I didn't have time to be anybody's muse; I was too busy rebelling against my parents and learning to be an artist. — Leonora Carrington Copy Share Image
The essential truth is that sometimes you're worried that they'll find out it's a fluke, that you don't really have it. You've… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
remember a feeling of excitement, of sudden inspiration, when I was visiting Giovanni Boccaccio's home in the walled village of Certaldo, outside… — Mary Pope Osborne 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
To be honest with you, my mom never really wore makeup when I was growing up. She wasn't really my makeup muse.… — Bretman Rock Copy Share Image
With the Neal Morse Band, we're doing progressive music with a harder edge; it's a little more in Dream Theater territory for… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
Why does my muse only speak when she is uhnhappy? She does not, I only listen when I am unhappy. — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
The other me, who did not mean to drown herself, went under the sea and remained there for a long time. Eventually… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
“How....will I ever truly depict you? You’re perfect, my writing isn’t.” — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
“There is a muse, but he’s not going to come fluttering down into your writing room and scatter creative fairy-dust all over… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make… — Socrates Copy Share Image
It's quite a pure relationship, designer and muse. I think a beautiful dress on the wrong woman could mean nothing. It has… — Jason Wu Copy Share Image
