A cheerful life is what the Muses love. A soaring spirit is their prime delight. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Everybody knows that I don't have a muse. I'm not interested in that. — Miuccia Prada Copy Share Image
I try to indulge my muse whenever I am able to get away from it all. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
“They are so beautiful: your words" she told me. And I said "No, you are!” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
Drive a nail home and clinch it so faithfully that you can wake up in the night and think of your work… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“...you want things to remain the same, which they never can, and so you’re wounded by your own feelings & resentful others… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
When a painting problem crops up, don't rush to fix it. You probably already know one way to fix it, but wait… — Carole Katchen Copy Share Image
You say, "Something important really happened here. I really had hold of something I was visited by the muse." And that's enough… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
The muse of music isn't just from Greek mythology, but living in people like the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Anita Baker, Aretha Franklin. — Ernie Isley 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
“You have that faraway look in your eyes that makes me want to pull you into my dreams, bring you to your… — Melody Lee 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
He who without the Muse's madness in his soul comes knocking at the door of poesy and thinks that art will make… — Plato Copy Share Image
I've always worked on all different types of music, some with specific project goals and deadlines and some not. Sometimes I would… — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
So, in addition to being a full-time father of two and everything else in life, it isn't so much that I'm sitting… — DJ Shadow Copy Share Image
I believe it's impossible to write good poetry without reading. Reading poetry goes straight to my psyche and makes me want to… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
I am super passionate about my new business because it has the potential to disrupt the fashion industry in a positive way.… — Amber Valletta Copy Share Image
I think 'G.I. Joe' is a perfect example of how I'm the world's worst businessman. If I were smart, I'd be writing… — Max Brooks Copy Share Image
For a lot of us, awareness is merely realizing the extent to which we've been lied to all our lives. You start… — Richard Linklater Copy Share Image
Be not so set upon poetry, as to be always poring on the passionate and measured pages. Let not what should be… — Cotton Mather Copy Share Image
But the muse won’t always cooperate and she will never be coerced. Sometimes she’d rather take a nap or see a mid-afternoon… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In spite of its romantic frisson, the position of muse is very vague and largely thankless for the muse herself. — Katie Roiphe Copy Share Image
The muse in charge of fantasy wears good, sensible shoes. No foam-born Aphrodite, she vaguely resembles my old piano teacher, who was… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Out of the red and silver and the long cry of alarm to the poet who survives in all human beings, as… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
I was Versace's muse, I was Valentino's muse, I was Alaia's muse, Lancetti's muse, Calvin Klein's, Halston's. I could go on and… — Janice Dickinson 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
I do not know whether I would not like much better to have produced one perfectly formed child by intercourse with the… — Michel de Montaigne 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
My muses were all the incredible, iconic women of glamour in Hollywood that I have worked with over 15 years. Anjelica Huston,… — Zac Posen Copy Share Image
“Now, what should we call ourselves?" "Well, in the old language, mousa means a source of inspiration," Clio said. "Why don't we… — Farrah Rochon Copy Share Image
I don't know if I've ever had a muse per se. I would say that the woman I'm inspired by exists more… — Erdem Moral?oglu Copy Share Image
A sacrifice is not about expecting God to break the bond you have with another person. You make the sacrifice on your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You always need that spark of imagination. Sometimes I'm midway through a book before it happens. However, I don't wait for the… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Most people wait for the muse to turn up. That's terribly unreliable. I have to sit down and pursue the muse by… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
It's something I worry about when I'm working out. I don't want to get too fit. Because I don't want the new… — Jimmy Fallon Copy Share Image
I think I approach all of my writing in the same way. I mean, it's my job, and I'm committed to it.… — T Cooper 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
As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone, And muses on the faces of the friends that he has… — James Whitcomb Riley Copy Share Image
Wouldn't that be wonderful if I could do that? And that way, I could walk with the muse, rather than walk without… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
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