Muse Quotes

Unrequited love is the infinite curse of a lonely heart.

If I ever saw my muse she would be an old woman with a tight bun and spectacles poking me in the middle of the back and growling, "Wake up and write the book!

To feed your Muse, then, you should always have been hungry about life since you were a child. If not, it is a little late to start.

Writing is the best anti-depressant.

There’s nothing worse than being violently jerked away from creativity.

Don't keep your Muse locked up in the closet. Set them free to dance across the page and what they create will be a masterpiece.

You can lead and motivate people without a certificate or title, what you need to do is to tell people a compelling secret that was only known to you.

Forcing the muse to let thoughts flow; equals to pushing a child, into labor.

...why is my cat a Muse? the cat has the rare grace of never saying a word too much― Mark Twain ...that's why ...

Sitting to think of what to write will only set your ass on fire, give you headache, twist your face to look stupid, instead, walk around with a blank mind and something from somewhere will fill it up.

The life of a writer is directed by a mad impulsive muse, that can tell them to cancel all their storyline: a creative divergent devil.

For too many centuries women have been being muses to artists. I wanted to be the muse, I wanted to be the wife of the artist, but I was really trying to avoid the final issue - that I had to do the job myself.

The ‘Muse’ is not an artistic mystery, but a mathematical equation. The gift are those ideas you think of as you drift to sleep. The giver is that one you think of when you first awake.

All of us need to be in touch with a mysterious, tantalizing source of inspiration that teases our sense of wonder and goads us on to life’s next adventure.

Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.

The Muse herself makes some men inspired, from whom a chain of other men is strung out who catch their own inspiration from theirs.

My theory is you shouldn't apologize for believing in an idea-channeling muse. You should just be sure to feed her.

When there is silence,
Give your voice.
When there is darkness,
Shine your light.
When there is desperation,
Offer hope.

Stop waiting for creative inspiration. Start creating and inspire yourself along the way.

Lovely thoughts came flying to meet me like birds. They weren't my thoughts. I couldn't think anything half so exquisite. They came from somewhere.