Muse Quotes

269 quotes by 206 authors

Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being… — Eliza Farnham
I didn't see it as someone who worked as hard as I did. But now that Saint Laurent is part of history, it makes me… — Loulou de la Falaise
For me, a muse is someone who looks glamorous but is quite passive, whereas I was very hard-working. I worked from 9am to sometimes 9pm,… — Loulou de la Falaise
Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony. — Dick Schaap
I didn't have time to be anyone's muse... I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist. — Leonora Carrington
The feel of a canoe gunnel at the thigh, the splash of flying spray in the face, the rhythm of the snowshoe trail, the beckoning… — Grey Owl
Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too. — Isabel Allende
Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal. — Robert Genn
The more I learn and read about the 10th Muse i realize what a great fan base and cult following she has. I'm going to… — Cindy Margolis
I guess I'll just slip into the studio after the next time with the Muses, and then just keel over and die. — Kristin Hersh
Iâ€™m only able to write poetry, for the most part, when I have a Muse, a woman who focuses the world for me. — May Sarton
The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to… — David Antin
Inspiration is hogwash. My work comes directly out of my loves and hates. Muses don't whisper in my ear, and ideas don't flow over my… — James Victore
To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse. They are of two kinds: the library of published material, books, pamphlets, periodicals, and the… — Barbara Tuchman
The most important thing is insight, that is to be - curious - to wonder, to mull, and to muse why it is that man… — William Faulkner
The muse doesn't come without being called. — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Within a bony labrinthean cave, Reached by the pulse of the aerial wave, This sibyl, sweet, and Mystic Sense is found, Muse, that presides o'er… — Abraham Coles
Bugs Bunny is my muse. — Billy Collins
I truly believe that a beautiful woman is a beautiful woman, but a beautiful woman with a brain is an absolutely lethal combination. Women of… — Prabal Gurung
Most people assume that a muse is a creature of perfect beauty, poise and grace. Like the creatures from Greek mythology. They're wrong. In fact,… — Kathleen Tessaro

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