“The one thing a writer has to have is a pencil and some paper. That's enough, so long as she knows that… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I had a rule that I would never force the muse in my younger days. I would follow the feeling. I would… — Dan Mangan Copy Share Image
I am imbued with the notion that a Muse is necessarily a dead woman, inaccessible or absent; that a poetic structure -… — Michel Leiris Copy Share Image
The more I learn and read about the 10th Muse i realize what a great fan base and cult following she has.… — Cindy Margolis Copy Share Image
I imagined myself as Frida to Diego, both muse and maker. I dreamed of meeting an artist to love and support and… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
There would be brilliant songs, but, as [Bob] Dylan admitted on the recent Martin Scorsese documentary about him (No Direction Home), the… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
“The artist, in making victims of his muses, remasters himself as a hero, saving them from their otherwise inconsequential lives.” — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
“But the fact is, she [the muse] won't be summoned. She alights when it damn well pleases her. She falls in love… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Writing is incredibly hard. But I want to do it. That said, I make it the top priority in every day, which… — Lucy Jane Bledsoe Copy Share Image
When my first record came out, it was in the middle of the real Muse, Keane, British thing, and that beat-driven thing… — Mat Kearney Copy Share Image
“One day she asked me: "Is this love?" I said: "If this is not love, then love is nothing!” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
A cheerful life is what the Muses love. A soaring spirit is their prime delight. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Sometimes I look back and think, "How did I write that? The book is smarter than I am!" I have never written… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
The artist-muse relationship is romantic and passionate, and complex, and I would imagine that would be a hard relationship to have if… — Kate Bosworth Copy Share Image
“Stop waiting for creative inspiration. Start creating and inspire yourself along the way.” — Ryan Lilly Copy Share Image
This is the other secret that real artists know and wannabe writers don’t. When we sit down each day and do our… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
I show up in my writing room at approximately 10 A.M. every morning without fail. Sometimes my muse sees fit to join… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
No one ever gets talker's block. No one wakes up in the morning, discovers he has nothing to say, and sits quietly,… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“...you do violence with your words if you force them - art is given - the words received, moment by moment from… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“Once or twice, at night, he planted himself in front of the type-writer, trying to get back to the book he'd come… — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
Alas! What boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse; Were it… — John Milton Copy Share Image
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