Some famous creatives have made these observations about their sources of inspiration:
- Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: ‘Fool!’ said my Muse to me, ‘look in thy heart and write.’ Philip Sidney
- When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go . . . The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back! Judy Collins
- There is a deity within us who breathes that divine fire by which we are animated. Publius Ovidius Naso
What are your source of inspiration? Is it from within? Or without? Is it divine or not so?
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March 2, 2007 at 8:05 am
Literary Bohemian
I love these quotes!
March 2, 2007 at 3:30 pm
melodysadams
What are your source of inspiration? Is it from within? Or without? Is it divine or not so?
My sources of inspiration are all of the above. Sometimes in a quiet moment a thought seems to come of its own and inspire. Other times the world around me in all its beauty and ugliness inspires. The thing is for me my creative life seems to be 1 part inspiration and 99 parts blood, sweat, and tears.