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Muse Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Give all to love: Obey thy heart; Friends, kindred, days, Estate, good fame, Plans, credit, and the Muse,- Nothing refuse.
- 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…
- I honor health as the first Muse.
- 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…
- Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind.
- The delicate muses lose their head if their attention is once diverted. Perhaps if you were successful abroad in talking and dealing with men, you…
- Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it.
More Muse Quotes
- Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to… — Robert Bolt
- I'm not in control of my muse. My muse does all the work. — Ray Bradbury
- It is ever the invisible that is the object of our profoundest worship. With the lover it is not the seen but… — Christian Nestell Bovee
- The most astonishing joy is to receive from the muses the gift of a whole lyric. — James Broughton
- Most people wait for the muse to turn up. That's terribly unreliable. I have to sit down and pursue the muse by… — Nick Cave
- My muse is my wife. It's not some vague thing that flutters around the astrosphere or wherever it is. Sometimes as a… — Nick Cave
- I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire. — Eric Clapton
- The muse is not an angelic voice that sits on your shoulder and sings sweetly. The muse is the most annoying whine.… — Harlan Coben
- You should treat a muse like a fairy. — Paulo Coelho
- I guess my husband is a muse as well. — Tori Amos
- One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need. — Piers Anthony
- Perversity is the muse of modern literature. — Susan Sontag