Inspiration Quote by Ned Rorem

I've found that depending on the amount of the check, disciplined inspiration can be called upon willingly. I think the name of the lesser…

— Kevin Keck

Most artists are brought to their vocation when their own nascent gifts are awakened by the work of a master. That is to say,…

— Lewis Hyde

Memory is an act of meaning-making. It collects the disparate pieces of our lives and distills them.

— Rebecca McClanahan

The act of memory is an act of ghostwriting.

— David Mitchell

Greatness is not the effect of which inspiration is the cause. We are all inspired, but we are all not great.

— Ned Rorem

“Forgotten hero was never the real hero, real hero can not be forgotten.”

— Amit Kalantri

Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear,…

— Trudi Canavan

I have a memory like an elephant. I remember every elephant I've ever met.

— Herb Caen

“The whole town rushed outside to celebrate this crowded minute when the time of suffering had ended and the time of forgetting had not…

— Albert Camus

I am told many children block out the memory of trauma. In fact, the healing process can only truly begin when we are willing…

— Phoebe Stone

Once upon a time. Ah forget it.

— Anonymous

Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow.

— Tobias Wolff