We stalk the truth as poets, sensualists, a duality, limited insanity. We labor in our muse, carving alphabets of experience into our… — Masiela Lusha Copy Share Image
Thus does the Muse herself move men divinely inspired, and through them thus inspired a Chain hangs together of others inspired divinely… — Plato Copy Share Image
What happens when a female writer invokes a female muse? Does something else happen? With Sappho's figures of desire, we have a… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
“What a face this girl possessed!—could I not gaze at it every day I would need to recreate it through painting, sculpture,… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
Today I'm out wandering, turning my skull into a cup for others to drink wine from. In this town somewhere there sits… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My muse changes all the time because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way… — Donatella Versace 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
You can think of a painter as a trio - the artist, his talent and his muse, the last two always on… — Robert Breault 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
“Hallo, Pooh,” said Rabbit. “Hallo, Rabbit,” said Pooh dreamily. “Did you make that song up?” “Well, I sort of made it up,”… — A.A. Milne Copy Share Image
You learn to write the same way you learn to play golf... You do it, and keep doing it until you get… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
There are, it seems, two muses: The Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and desires, and the Muse of Realization,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. ... I wish craziness and foolishness and… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Each of us may be a diamond-in-the-rough, needing only a muse and a change in circumstance to go from humble caterpillar to… — Peter Whitmer Copy Share Image
[My muse] likes to inhabit tea leaves, sunlight filtered through bamboo, melancholy clouds over the Devon coastline, a weedy railroad crossing in… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
Angel and Muse approach from without; the Angel sheds light and the Muse gives form (Hesiod learned of them). Gold leaf or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You can only use someone for so long before you dry them out. How long does a muse last? When do you… — Coco J. Ginger Copy Share Image
I am mistaken if a single epigram included fails to preserve at least some faint thrill of the emotion through which it… — Arthur Quiller-Couch Copy Share Image
I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as… — Jackie DeShannon Copy Share Image
I never know if I'm the builder or architect. The role shifts all the time. But what I have come to conclude… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
“One must give himself completely to his art and not hold back. Throw caution to the wind. Embrace the muse. Make love… — Harley King Copy Share Image
I do have a muse. I am not sure how to describe her. She can be very elusive. She was born in… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
“You are the beautiful notes in every song I sing. You are the beautiful face behind every lyric I write. You are… — M. Leighton Copy Share Image
Popular poets are the parish priests of the Muse, retailing her ancient divinations to a long since converted public. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Memory in Greek mythology is the mother of the muses, and it is so for me. Both personal and societal memory move… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
A writer needs to write, period. He or she can't wait for the muse, shouldn't need peace and quiet, and isn't entitled… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
The lie, as a virtue, a principle, is eternal; the lie, as a recreation, a solace, a refuge in time of need,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I write. And then it's as if the muse is convinced that I'm serious and says, 'Okay. Okay. I'll… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
It's as if I'm setting aside the husband and son, you know, the patriarchal world, for the world of the muse. This… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
“Audrey, if you had the choice, would you rather be his muse or be in his arms?" "I want to be both.… — Lang Leav Copy Share Image
I think of mythology as the homeland of the muses, the inspirers of art, the inspirers of poetry. To see life as… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
I say, dress to please yourself. Listen to your inner muse and take a chance. Wear something that says 'Here I am!'… — Iris Apfel Copy Share Image
The professional will not tolerate disorder... He wants the carpet vacuumed and the threshold swept, so the Muse may enter and not… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
I think my biggest muses in fashion are probably rock 'n' roll girlfriends, like Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithfull and Bianca Jagger… — Peter Dundas Copy Share Image
The artist who chooses the difficult muse; or only has a difficult muse; should not be surprised with the results. — Oliver $ Copy Share Image
A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
If we are transparent, with nothing to hide, the gap between language and being disappears. Then the Muse can speak. — Stephen Nachmanovitch Copy Share Image
Being a part of the crowd with incredible musicians onstage summoning the muse and delivering that to us - doesn't matter if… — Patrick Fabian 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
“When both lovers yearn to become entirely one being, to free each other and to develop each other to the greatest perfection,… — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
![“[My muse] likes to inhabit tea leaves, sunlight filtered through bamboo, melancholy clouds over the Devon coastline, a weedy railroad crossing in the Southern States, bubblegum pop from the sixties, torch songs from the forties, undersea caves where B-movie octopi grapple with men in loincloths…” quote by Quentin S. Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/476/quentin-s-crisp-4149_anime_my-muse-likes-to-inhabit-tea-leaves-sunl_1857221.jpg)
