“The more I drive myself into the depth of my inside, the more things come up to my vision, visibly or invisibly... I even do not know if I am seeing them with my eye or with my mind. I just need to copy them on my canvases. But this mental process is always overwhelming. I often have hard time to deal with my emotion on this state. You could call this depression on surface? But actually, so many 're-birth' and 'reform' are going on on my thoughts, inspiration, philosophy...etc in the underwater. I believe this struggle make my art real. My art always comes from my emotion.” IfsKnowsNeedsMindBelieveArtRealHardStatesPhilosophyInspirationEyeI BelieveProcessDealsEmotionVisionStruggleSeeingBirthDepthCome UpSurfaceReformHard TimesEtcCopiesOverwhelmingMy ThoughtsUnderwater Author:Hiroko Sakai
“Singapore gives 10% "white space" time to all of its teachers to come up with their own innovations outside of the official curriculum. This encourages teachers to turn to their colleagues for inspiration and ideas.” GivingIdeasInspirationTurnsSpaceWhiteTeacherPercentInnovationCome UpOfficialsColleaguesCurriculumSingaporeSpace TimeWhite Space Author:Andy Hargreaves
“Wherever inspiration comes from, it's like I'll hear a melody and chords, almost a rough structure of the whole thing [song]. I'll just hear it and chase what's in my head. The rest comes from jamming with band, improvising, seeing what comes up as well. I'll come up with it off the top of my head, catch it, sing and hum, and if something is missing, just jam, and that's the [songwriting] process.” IfsWellsWholeInspirationSongProcessSeeingMissingBandStructureCome UpRoughMelodySongwritingWriting ProcessChordsJamImprovising Author:Chris Wyse
“I sleep 12 hours and then work 24 hours. I've worked those irregular hours for the past three years. It's better to stay up day and night to come up with ideas. I usually get inspiration for game designing by working this schedule.” YearsIdeasInspirationPastNightThreeGamesHoursSleepDesignCome UpThree YearsSchedulesDay And Night Author:Satoshi Tajiri
“It's about being in a race with time - just having a strong sense of mortality, and the idea of, How much time do you have left? How do you want to spend it? What I always come up with is: keep on writing, keep on working. But you can become sterile. It's become a matter of trying to find inspiration someplace outside of my own head, which I've been using exclusively for too long.” WantWritingTryingLongIdeasMatterInspirationLeftStrongMy OwnRaceCome UpMortality Author:Joe Frank
“While you're making the film and working with the actors, if you want to have a little room to breathe and experiment and play, it grows, and you want that to happen. It's not enough to just shoot the script. You've gotta come up with new inspiration, as you shoot it. There's gotta be room for that and time for that, so it grows.” IfsWantLittlesEnoughPlayInspirationHappensFilmActorsGrowsRoomsScriptsCome UpBreatheExperiments Author:David Twohy
“When I'm in Los Angeles, it's hard to be creative. For me, New Orleans is one of those places that's like a muse. You can hear music on the streets. There's a certain character the city has that inspires you when you're needing to write lyrics and come up with melodies and come up with rhythm and blues. The city has a pulse and it's an inspiration for me.” WritingHardCharacterInspirationCertainCitiesCreativeStreetsInspireCome UpRhythmLos AngelesMelodyMuseBe CreativeNew OrleansPulseRhythm And Blues Author:Chris Thomas King
“There isn't one thing in particular; rather, a lot of different things give me inspiration. I tend to come up with tunes when I do things that are not part of my daily routine, like traveling. But even during my everyday life, I come up with tunes when I'm emotionally moved. By looking at a beautiful picture, scenery, tasting something delicious, scents that bring back memories, happy and sad things... Anything that moves my emotion gives me inspiration.” GivingDifferentInspirationBeautifulMovingMemoriesEmotionOne ThingParticularGive MeMovedEverydayCome UpTunesDifferent ThingsRoutineScentEveryday LifeDeliciousSceneryTastingSad ThingsDaily RoutinesBeautiful Picture Author:Yoko Shimomura
“I have wonderful band mates that make music that I'm forced to listen to for hours on end until I come up with verses, and that in itself is an inspiration - they're awesome.” EndsInspirationHoursWonderfulBandCome UpMatesVerses Author:Nikki Jean
“I mainly get my inspiration for writing from everyday situations and I come up with hypothetical scenarios and I can usually write a lot about that.” WritingI CanInspirationSituationEverydayCome UpScenariosHypothetical Author:Thomston
“When I'm inspired, I get excited because I can't wait to see what I'll come up with next.” I CanInspirationNextWaitingInspiredCome UpExcitedBecause I Can Author:Dolly Parton
“When famous people come up to you it's a bit weird, but it's an honour, really, when they recognise you and want to chat to you for a bit.” PeopleWantHumorInspirationBitsCome UpInsightHonourUp To YouRecogniseRecognise You Author:Wayne Rooney