Muse Quotes

269 quotes by 206 authors

No one ever gets talker's block. No one wakes up in the morning, discovers he has nothing to say, and sits quietly, for days or… — Seth Godin
The true comic muse is the one with tears running down under her laughing mask. — Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
I am mistaken if a single epigram included fails to preserve at least some faint thrill of the emotion through which it had to pass… — Arthur Quiller-Couch
Let passion be your muse. Let her guide and teach you to trust your instincts. — Sarah Ban Breathnach
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 come.' — Maya Angelou
I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. ... I wish craziness and foolishness and madness upon you.… — Ray Bradbury
What is The Subconscious to every other man, in its creative aspect becomes, for writers, The Muse. — Ray Bradbury
The muse whispers to you when she chooses, and you can't tell her to come back later, because you quickly learn in this business that… — Terry Brooks
I think of mythology as the homeland of the muses, the inspirers of art, the inspirers of poetry. To see life as a poem and… — Joseph Campbell
Shakespeare possesses the power of subordinating nature for the purposes of expression, beyond all poets. His imperial muse tosses the creation like a bauble from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
For hundreds of years people have talked about artists having inspiration, but often, some persons would say, write us a symphony or write us a… — Tom Glazer
When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to… — Judy Collins
For deeds to die, however nobly done, And thoughts of men to as themselves decay, But wise words taught in numbers for to run, Recorded… — Edmund Spenser
I have always believed that opera is a planet where the muses work together, join hands and celebrate all the arts. — Franco Zeffirelli
It's hard to act in the morning. The muse isn't even awake. — Keanu Reeves
I wept when the muse Ulla bent over me. Blinded by tears I could not prevent her from kissing me, I could not prevent the… — Gunter Grass
Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse. — Edmund Waller
Express your creativity. Delight in the mystery of your inner muse. — Cheryl Richardson
There are, it seems, two muses: The Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and desires, and the Muse of Realization, who returns again… — Wendell Berry
The other me, who did not mean to drown herself, went under the sea and remained there for a long time. Eventually she surfaced near… — Edna O'Brien

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