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“What I mean by the Muse is that unimpeded clearness of the intuitive powers, which a perfectly truthful adherence to every admonition of the higher instincts would bring to a finely organized human being. It may appear as prophesy or as poesy...should these faculties have free play, I believe they will open up new, deeper and purer sources of joyous inspiration than have as yet refreshed the earth.”

“My wife Ricky is my muse. Her personal style and natural beauty have always been my inspiration.”

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Author:Ralph Lauren

“Like all writers, my greatest inspiration, my ultimate muse, is a deadline.”

Inspiration Ultimate Muse Deadline

Author:Dave Barry

“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.”

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Author:Chris Thomas King

“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 known tenth muse was Dollar Dollar Bill Y'all.”

Thinking Inspiration Found Names Known Amount Bills Dollars Checks Muse Dollar Bills Lesser Known

Author:Kevin Keck

“remember a feeling of excitement, of sudden inspiration, when I was visiting Giovanni Boccaccio's home in the walled village of Certaldo, outside of Florence. (Boccaccio was the medieval author of The Decameron.) It was as though I had met my muse! After this trip, I read The Decameron and began writing the Alchemy Series in earnest.”

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Author:Mary Pope Osborne

“A muse is something that serves a poet well early in his or her career. In later years one writers out of one's own driven inspiration. One learns to find inspiration rather than waiting for it to come for a visit. I can find inspiration almost anywhere.”

Inspiration Waiting Poet Driven Muse

Author:Clarence Major

“It's not like that when you're a songwriter - songwriters aren't like pulp writers or journalists, even. You just follow the muse. It's called muse-ic. Whenever the muse decides to bestow her inspiration on the songwriter, then the song is born.”

Inspiration Song Journalist Muse Pulp

Author:Cass McCombs

“Muse. Mu-se. It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you. And I don't think it's necessarily a man 'taking' from a woman. It can go both ways, both can stimulate, excite.”

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Author:Chloe Sevigny

“Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.”

Knows Inspiration Universe Kindness Arise Muse Desperation Flukes

Book:The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings

Source: The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings