Muse Quotes

269 quotes by 206 authors

The most potent muse of all is our own inner child. — Stephen Nachmanovitch
Here will I live in the rainy season, here in the autumn and in the summer: thus muses the fool. He realizes not the danger… — Gautama Buddha
If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good… — Socrates
Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth. — Hesiod
One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled. — Charles de Lint
Muse of the many twinkling feet, whose charms are now extending up from legs to arms. — Lord Byron
In the end, there is no ideal condition for creativity. What works for one person is useless for another. The only criterion is this: Make… — Twyla Tharp
You're going to be unemployed if you really think you just have to sit around and wait for the muse to land on your shoulder. — Nora Roberts
Writing is self-reinforcing. Don't make a fetish out of it, and don't surrender to the myth of the garret, or the myth of the chained… — Jay Lake
I am impressed by the way Annie Kevans captured the different types of beauties that have been my inspiration and my muses from my grandmother… — Jean Paul Gaultier
I am imbued with the notion that a Muse is necessarily a dead woman, inaccessible or absent; that a poetic structure - like the canon,… — Michel Leiris
It can pay off, being a hack. Given the depraved state of American culture, a slick dude can make millions being a hack. But even… — Steven Pressfield
I believe in previous lives and the Museâ€”and that books and music exist before they are written and that they are propelled into material being… — Steven Pressfield
First coffee, then a bowel movement. Then the Muse joins me. — Gore Vidal
Every so often every artist feels, 'I'll never paint again. The muse has gone out the window.' In 1985, I hardly painted at all for… — Helen Frankenthaler
You can wait forever for the muse to sit on your shoulder, but most of the time you know what has to be done and… — Nick Hornby
I just really allowed my muse to be my guide and I just go with whatever I'm feeling. — K D Lang
A good debater is not necessarily an effective vote-getter: you can find a hole in your opponent's argument through which you could drive a coach… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Yes. I guess it's the foolish romantic in me, but you see, I donâ€™t think that sex is my Muse. — Peter Murphy
Art is the extended arm of your imagination, The feast of inspiration for your muse. Art isn't just creativity, its a way of life. — Sarah Curran

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