Book Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.

— Vikram Seth

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

Inspiration is finding something that excites you.

— Connie Smith

Inspiration is just one requirement for being a writer. Another is keeping regular working hours.

— Zelda Popkin

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

— Agnes Martin

Inspiration is an excuse for doing something you already want to do.

— Lauren Kate

Like a lot of what happens in novels, inspiration is a sort of spontaneous combustion--the oily rags of the head and heart.

— Stanley Elkin

Inspiration creates a never-ending Power that makes you go on and on and on and on!

— Anonymous

The greatest source of inspiration is hard work. Of course, I also believe in inspiration itself, but sometimes you have to provoke it, call…

— Joaquin Rodrigo

Inspiration is everywhere - film, television, newspapers, novels, overheard conversations, whatever you can tap into. It's out there, and I've been at this long…

— Kasey Anderson

So-called "inspiration" is no more than an extreme example of a process which constantly goes on in the minds of all of us.

— Anthony Storr

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

— Will Alsop