Muse Quotes

269 quotes by 206 authors

Today I'm out wandering, turning my skull into a cup for others to drink wine from. In this town somewhere there sits a calm, intelligent… — Rumi
My Muse sits forlorn She wishes she had not been born She sits in the cold No word she says is ever told. — Stevie Smith
What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks â€˜the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,â€™....… — Maya Angelou
Muses had a way of killing those whom they inspired. — Katherine Neville
But the muse wonâ€™t always cooperate and she will never be coerced. Sometimes sheâ€™d rather take a nap or see a mid-afternoon movie. — Jonathan Tropper
If I ever saw my muse she would be an old woman with a tight bun and spectacles poking me in the middle of the… — Kerry Greenwood
The function of poetry is religious invocation of the muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites. — Robert Graves
Out of the red and silver and the long cry of alarm to the poet who survives in all human beings, as the child survives… — Anais Nin
When I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder that such trivial people should muse and thunder in such lovely language. — D. H. Lawrence
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… — William Shakespeare
Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit/Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste/Brought death into the world, and all our woe,/With loss of Eden, till… — John Milton
It's only those exceptional and rare individuals who have brilliant ideas delivered to them by the muse, complete and gift wrapped. The rest of us… — Alan Moore
January 8 has been a lucky day for me. I have started all my books on that day, and all of them have been well… — Isabel Allende
The Muse visits during the process of creation, not before. — Roger Ebert
Muse of poetry, come to his aid, I thought. Could the man produce one more metaphor of husbandry? He seemed to be trying. "Green wood,"… — Megan Whalen Turner
O you, who in some pretty boat, Eager to listen, have been following Behind my ship, that singing sails along Turn back to look again… — Dante Alighieri
She remembered timidly standing atop the Luthadel city wall, afraid to use her Allomancy to jump off, despite Kelsier's coaxing. Now she could step off… — Brandon Sanderson
To feed your Muse, then, you should always have been hungry about life since you were a child. If not, it is a little late… — Ray Bradbury
Perhaps itâ€™s time, I muse, to close those chapters and remember the enduring lesson of my entrapment: that relationships, not accomplishments, are whatâ€™s important in… — Aron Ralston
The muses are ghosts, and sometimes they come uninvited. — Stephen King

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