Muse Quotes

269 quotes by 206 authors

I'd really like having a couple days of being a rock star, although I'd rather be a backup - like maybe the drummer for Muse… — Stephenie Meyer
The power of our Muse lies in her meaninglessness. Even the style can turn one into a slave if one does not run away from… — Gueorgui Pinkhassov
I honor health as the first muse, and sleep as the condition of health. Sleep benefits mainly by the sound health it produces; incidentally also… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
...How sublime Upon a time-blanchÂ’d cliff to muse, and, while The eagle glories in a sea of air, To mingle with the scene around!â€”Survey The… — Robert Montgomery
We live in an age of science and of abundance. The care and reverence for books as such, proper to an age when no book… — Ezra Pound
All literature up to today is sexist. The Muses never sang to the poets about liberated women. It's the same old chanson from the Bible… — Allan Bloom
I would especially like to re-court the Muse of poetry, who ran off with the mailman four years ago, and drops me only a scribbled… — John Updike
Sitting around and waiting for your muse is not the best choice. — Kristin Hannah
Popular poets are the parish priests of the Muse, retailing her ancient divinations to a long since converted public. — George Santayana
When two souls compose a single song, The muse fans Livid wrath before long. — Euripides
The art of writing is mysterious; the opinions we hold are ephemeral , and I prefer the Platonic idea of the Muse to that of… — Jorge Luis Borges
There's a phrase, "sitzfleisch", which means just plain sitting on your ass and getting it done. Just showing up for work. My uncle Raphael was… — Peter S. Beagle
There is no wide road which leads to the Muses. — Propertius
I think 'G.I. Joe' is a perfect example of how I'm the world's worst businessman. If I were smart, I'd be writing 'World War Z… — Max Brooks
I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as I said, I… — Jackie DeShannon
But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I… — Ian Hamilton Finlay
Most bands have a sound that they're already identified with, so for the producer it becomes a process of helping them find their muse in… — Jerry Harrison
As we've grown 'The Daily Muse' and met contacts who want to collaborate with us, knowing who does what has helped us be clear on… — Kathryn Minshew
For almost the first year of The Muse's life, I would do 5 to 8 networking events a week. And I don't necessarily think that's… — Kathryn Minshew

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