“In terms of style I typically veer toward a certain masculinity. My style inspirations range from images of my father in his 1970s suits, to Tilda Swinton, to Hugh Hefner, to Sharon Stone and her ferocious sexuality, to handsome men I see on the streets of New York.” MenInspirationCertainFatherTermStreetsStyleNew YorkStonesSexualitySuitsRangeMasculinityHandsomeSharonHandsome Men Author:Rachael Taylor
“Inspiration thing is important, to teach the kids that JFK is not an airport, RFK's not a stadium, Martin Luther King ain't a street” ImportantInspirationKidsTeachStreetsKingsAirportsLutherStadiums Author:Kinky Friedman
“The city's the best gallery I could imagine. I would never have to make a book and then present it to a gallery and let them decide if my work was nice enough to show it to people. I would control it directly with the public in the streets.” PeopleIfsBookEnoughShowsInspirationMotivationCitiesNiceImagineStreetsGallery Author:JR
“Minnesota is a state of public-spirited and polite people, where you can get a good cappucino and eat Thai food and find any book you want and yet live on a quiet tree-lined street with a backyard and send your kids to public school. When a state this good hits the jackpot, it can only be an inspiration to everybody.” PeopleWantBookStatesInspirationKidsSchoolTreeStreetsQuietPolitePublic SchoolBackyardsSpiritedMinnesotaThaiJackpotThai Food Author:Garrison Keillor
“I get inspiration from things that have nothing to do with painting: caricature, items from newspapers, sights in the street, proverbs, nursery-rhymes, children's games and songs, nightmares, desires, terrors. ... That question [why do you paint?] has been put to me before and my answer was, 'To give terror a face.' But it's more than that. I paint because I can't help it.” GivingChildrenHas BeensArtI CanHelpingInspirationFacesDesireSongGamesAnswersStreetsPaintingSightPaintTerrorNewspapersNightmareRhymeItemsBecause I CanNurseryCaricaturesNursery Rhymes Book:Paula Rego Source: Paula Rego
“Inspiration comes from everywhere: books, art, people on the street. It is an interior process for me.” PeopleArtBookInspirationProcessStreetsInteriors Author:Colleen Atwood
“The color and spectacle of Mexico's streets sparked my interest in community driven space and experience, a passion that I began to develop while studying architecture at Syracuse University and then at the Architectural Association School in London. Having been immersed in such a diverse array of lively environments, it would be impossible for me not to use these memories and experiences as inspiration for my work.” UseInspirationWould BeSchoolPassionInterestCommunityMemoriesSpaceStudyEnvironmentImpossibleStreetsColorUniversityLondonDrivenArchitectureAssociationMexicoDiverseLivelySyracuse Author:David Rockwell
“My inspiration comes from everywhere, just walking down the street and I never know where it's going to come from, so I keep a notebook with me at all times and the only criteria for anything making it into that notebook is if it stops me in my tracks for even an instant, if it catches my eye or my ear and I just write it down.” IfsKnowsWritingInspirationEyeStreetsWalkingEarsTrackAll TimeInstantCriteriaNotebook Author:Rita Dove
“My inspiration can come from anything - films, the street, paparazzi pictures.” InspirationFilmStreetsPaparazzi Author:Craig McDean
“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
“That's really the big inspiration of this movie. It's really looking at a man who's really showing all the traits and all the characteristics of the classic patriarchal country, where he's of military power, he's the king of the hill at home, as well as in the streets. He has the liberty to live where he wants.” MenWantWellsCountryHomeBigsInspirationLibertyStreetsMilitaryKingsHillsClassicCharacteristicsTraitsMilitary Power Author:Oren Moverman
“The filmmaker Amos Poe was a huge inspiration for me by making guerrilla-style punk films on the streets of New York and - well, it's just a lot of painters and artists and filmmakers all within that scene, and it's very, very important to me.” WellsImportantInspirationFilmArtistStreetsStyleNew YorkHugeScenePainterFilmmakerPunkGuerrillas Author:Jim Jarmusch
“Most of life is routine - dull and grubby, but routine is the momentum that keeps a man going. If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.” IfsMenLifeInspirationMotivationalLife IsWaitingStreetsStandingCornersMilesDullRoutineMomentumTaking ActionParades Author:Ben Nicholas
“Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.” LooksInspirationYoungIndividualStreetsStyleIdentityYoung Women Author:Maria Sharapova
“Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.” PersonsInspirationMorningGrowing UpGrowingStreetsKeysWalkingInstanceMannersKey Things Author:Usain Bolt