Art Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

“He who approaches the temple of the Muses without inspiration, in the belief that craftsmanship alone suffices, will remain a bungler and his presumptuous…

— Plato

“The muses are wicked and wonderful, devious and delightful, not to be trusted and not to be ignored. Thank God we have them.”

— Mark W. Travis

“For those who do not write and who never have been stirred by the creative urge, talk of muses seems a figure of speech,…

— Dan Simmons

“If anyone comes to the gates of poetry and expects to become an adequate poet by acquiring expert knowledge of the subject without the…

— Plato

“Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years…

— Homer

“One must give himself completely to his art and not hold back. Throw caution to the wind. Embrace the muse. Make love to your…

— Harley King

“No one can claim to have produced any work without [the Muses'] help: the very fact that it exists proves they smiled on us.…

— Natalie Haynes

“In the oppressive future artists will be the last rebels, Muses will be their deity”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

The power of our Muse lies in her meaninglessness. Even the style can turn one into a slave if one does not run away…

— Gueorgui Pinkhassov

“Remember, as artists we don't know diddly. We're winging it every day. For us to try to second-guess our Muse the way a hack…

— Steven Pressfield

“To become the love of a poet is to become both a muse and an immortal all at the same time.”

— Jennifer Megan Varnadore

“By the sweet power of music: therefore the poet did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones and floods; since nought so stockish, hard and…

— William Shakespeare