--- title: "3 Muse Quotes By William Shakespeare" description: "3 Muse quotes by William Shakespeare. Plus more from William Shakespeare and more Muse sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/william-shakespeare-4_fire_o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascend-t_21470.jpg" --- > [O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascend-the-brightest-heaven-of/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/william-shakespeare-4_fire_o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascend-t_21470.jpg) > [Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long / To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/where-art-thou-muse-that-thou-forget-st-so-long-to-speak-of-that/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/william-shakespeare-4_art_where-art-thou-muse-that-thou-forget-st_2048916.jpg) > [O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascend-the-brightest-heaven-of-3/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/william-shakespeare-4_fire_o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascend-t_2271406.jpg) ## Other authors on Muse - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-avijeet-das-802.jpg) Avijeet Das 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/avijeet-das/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shirley-geoklin-lim-85060.jpg) Shirley Geok-lin Lim 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/shirley-geok-lin-lim/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [Pippa DaCosta 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/pippa-dacosta/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-homer-42227.jpg) Homer 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/homer/) - [Michael Bassey Johnson 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/michael-bassey-johnson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-kathryn-minshew-55651.jpg) Kathryn Minshew 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/kathryn-minshew/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steven-pressfield-87523.jpg) Steven Pressfield 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/steven-pressfield/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-plato-75782.jpg) Plato 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/plato/) - [Quentin S. Crisp 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/quentin-s-crisp/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-geddes-51456.jpg) John Geddes 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/john-geddes/) ## More by William Shakespeare > [Let us kill all lawyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/let-us-kill-all-lawyers/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/a-horse-a-horse-my-kingdom-for-a-horse/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [O tiger's heart wrapped in a woman's hide!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-tiger-s-heart-wrapped-in-a-woman-s-hide/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/time-hath-not-yet-so-dried-this-blood-of-mine-nor-age-so-eat-up-my/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Divers philosophers hold that the lips is parcel of the mouth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/divers-philosophers-hold-that-the-lips-is-parcel-of-the-mouth/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Short time seems long in sorrow's sharp sustaining.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/short-time-seems-long-in-sorrow-s-sharp-sustaining/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs; Being purg'd, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vex'd, a sea nourish'd with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/love-is-a-smoke-made-with-the-fume-of-sighs-being-purg-d-a-fire/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-measuring-his-affections-by-my-own-which-then-most-sought-where/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/ask-god-for-temp-rance-that-s-th-appliance-only-which-your-disease/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies Which busy care draws in the brains of men; Therefore thou sleep’st so sound. Julius Caesar (2.1.248-251)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/thou-hast-no-figures-nor-no-fantasies-which-busy-care-draws-in-the/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Truth needs no color; beauty, no pencil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/truth-needs-no-color-beauty-no-pencil/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Have you not heard it said full oft, A woman's nay doth stand for naught?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/have-you-not-heard-it-said-full-oft-a-woman-s-nay-doth-stand-for/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [Omittance is no quittance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/omittance-is-no-quittance/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [“Yes, madam: yet I cannot choose but laugh, To think it should leave crying and say 'Ay.' And yet, I warrant, it had upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/yes-madam-yet-i-cannot-choose-but-laugh-to-think-it-should-leave/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) > [I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/i-take-thee-at-thy-word-call-me-but-love-and-i-ll-be-new-baptized/) [William Shakespeare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-shakespeare/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/william-shakespeare/#itemlist", "name": "3 Muse Quotes By William Shakespeare", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascend-the-brightest-heaven-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/william-shakespeare-4_fire_o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascend-t_21470.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/william-shakespeare-4_fire_o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascend-t_21470.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/william-shakespeare-4_fire_o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascend-t_21470.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to…” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long / To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/where-art-thou-muse-that-thou-forget-st-so-long-to-speak-of-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/william-shakespeare-4_art_where-art-thou-muse-that-thou-forget-st_2048916.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/william-shakespeare-4_art_where-art-thou-muse-that-thou-forget-st_2048916.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04c/william-shakespeare-4_art_where-art-thou-muse-that-thou-forget-st_2048916.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Where art thou, Muse, that thou forget'st so long / To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Shakespeare" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-shakespeare/o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascend-the-brightest-heaven-of-3/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/william-shakespeare-4_fire_o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascend-t_2271406.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/william-shakespeare-4_fire_o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascend-t_2271406.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06b/william-shakespeare-4_fire_o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascend-t_2271406.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” — William Shakespeare", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/william-shakespeare/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/william-shakespeare/", "name": "Muse Quotes by William Shakespeare", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/muse/william-shakespeare/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/william-shakespeare-4_fire_o-for-a-muse-of-fire-that-would-ascend-t_21470.jpg" }, "description": "3 Muse quotes by William Shakespeare. 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