Alas Quote by Jean Cocteau

I testify that inspiration can be the spring for every person's hope, guidance, and strength. It is one of the magnified treasures of life.…

— James E. Faust

I believe strongly in inspiration, inspiration literally meaning 'full of the spirit.' I do believe that it comes to you.

— Jimmy Webb

Inspiration comes only to those who seek it with humility toward their own achievements and reverence toward the achievements of God.

— Walter Russell

Inspiration is God making contact with itself.

— Ram Dass

Inspiration is highly overrated. If you sit around and wait for the clouds to part, it's not liable to ever happen. More often than…

— Chuck Close

Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.

— Agnes Martin

I don't believe in the word 'inspiration', you just have to do it.

— Will Alsop

Inspiration is God superintending human authors so that using their own individual personalities, experiences, thought processes and vocabulary they composed and recorded without error…

— John Macarthur

“inspiration literally means “God-breathed.” Because Scripture is breathed out by God—because it originates from Him—it is true.”

— Ron Rhodes

That talk of inspiration is sheer nonsense; there is no such thing. It is a mere matter of craftsmanship.

— William Morris

“Inspiration is God Himself speaking into the human spirit. Inspirational thoughts are God finding expression for His will through the minds of human beings.”

— Cindy Trimm

Inspiration is indispensable to my work, but it is hard to come by. It is there or it is not; it is a gift…

— Elaine de Kooning