“In improvisation, there is only one time. This is what computer people call real time. The time of inspiration, the time of technically structuring and realizing... the time of playing it, and the time of communicating with the audience, are all one.” PeopleRealInspirationRealizingAudienceComputerCommunicateOne TimeImprovisation Book:Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
“Inspiration is there all the time. For everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts whether they realize it or not.” MindInspirationRealizingClouded Book:Agnes Martin: Exhibition January 22 to March 1, 1973 Source: Agnes Martin: Exhibition January 22 to March 1, 1973
“Amid countless everyday miracles, I come in contact with something greater than myself and realize I am a part of it... I move in wonder through inspiration, reverence, gratitude, interconnectedness, transcendence, and grace.” InspirationMovingRealizingWonderGreaterGraceGratitudeMiracleEverydayContactReverenceTranscendenceInterconnectedness Author:John Paul Caponigro
“When you place a value on things like health, love, sex and other things, and learn to place a material value on what you've previously discounted for being merely intangible ... you realize you're much, much wealthier than you ever imagined.” InspirationMotivationValuesSexRealizingMaterialsBeing MeIntangible Author:Rory Sutherland
“Tolkien was such a brilliant writer in so many ways. He was truly an inspiration. Many people don't realize just how much he researched and how much he based his stories and characters on mythology of various types. He was very deep and in many ways a genius.” PeopleWayCharacterStoriesInspirationRealizingTypeGeniusVariousBrilliantMythologyVery Deep Author:Raymond Buckland
“A lot of people don't realize the roots of Batman are really Latino. They don't go back to the bat god, the ones the Mayans had - they had one that was a "bat man," they had sculptures of him, literally they had bats down there - but the other, more relatively recent inspiration for Batman was Zorro. But Zorro was based on the California bandits. Joaquin Murrieta and Tiburico Vásquez.” PeopleMenInspirationRealizingRootsCaliforniaBatsSculptureLatinoBanditsZorroMayans Author:Luis Valdez
“It's kind of ridiculous that I find inspiration in just getting away from everything. But when you've gone through it, you realize that it's the enemy. It's a distraction from what you're really doing. You've got to keep moving. Like a shark.” KindInspirationMovingRealizingEnemyGoneRidiculousGet AwayDistractionKeep MovingSharksDoing You Author:Jack White
“There are songs and melody that make you really happy. And there are spiritual gifts that you have - giving these gifts away sometimes gives you that feeling of inspiration. These seconds of awareness make you realize that any second can be your favorite one, and it really is up to you.” GivingSometimesFeelingsInspirationSpiritualSongRealizingAwarenessMelodySecondsUp To YouReally HappyYour FavoriteSpiritual Gifts Author:Russell Simmons
“When Ivy [Wilkes] begins her work in forgery, she doesn't yet know the toll that it will take on her own original work. She even thinks it might be a way to find inspiration. By the time she realizes that she has lost her own voice, she is thoroughly entangled in the forgery mess.” ThinkingKnowsWayInspirationMightLostVoiceRealizingOriginalsMessIvyTollsForgery Author:Liza Campbell
“It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been.” Has BeensDoneInspirationSongRealizing Author:Alicia Keys
“Motivation is when you get hold of an idea and don't let go of it until you make it a reality. Inspiration is the reverse - when an idea gets hold of you and you feel compelled to let that impulse or energy carry you along. You get to a point where you realize that you're no longer in charge, that there's a driving force inside you that can't be stopped.” RealityInspirationMotivationEnergyRealizingLetting GoDrivingImpulse Author:Wayne Dyer