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“Vain empty words / Of honour, glory and immortal fame, / Can these recall the spirit from its place, / Or re-inspire the breathless clay with life? / What tho' your fame with all its thousand trumpets, / Sound o'er the sepulchres, will that awake / The sleeping dead.”

Spirit Sound Sleep Inspire Thousand Fame Glory Empty Vain Awake Immortal Honour Recalls Clay Trumpets Breathless Empty Words

Book:The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh: As it is Acted at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields

Source: The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh: As it is Acted at the Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields

“Awake, awake, my Lyre!And tell thy silent master's humble taleIn sounds that may prevail;Sounds that gentle thoughts inspire:Though so exalted sheAnd I so lowly beTell her, such different notes make all thy harmony.”

May Different Sound Inspire Masters Harmony Notes Silent Humble Gentle Awake Exalted

Author:Abraham Cowley

“There are houses in certain provincial towns whose aspect inspires melancholy, akin to that called forth by sombre cloisters, dreary moorlands, or the desolation of ruins. Within these houses there is, perhaps, the silence of the cloister, the barrenness of moors, the skeleton of ruins; life and movement are so stagnant there that a stranger might think them uninhabited, were it not that he encounters suddenly the pale, cold glance of a motionless person, whose half-monastic face peers beyond the window-casing at the sound of an unaccustomed step.”

Source: Eugenie Grandet

“I'm always thinking of ideas and sounds. I am waiting on something new and dope to inspire me.”

Thinking Ideas Waiting Sound Inspire Something New Dope Always Thinking

Author:Kid Ink

“I always begin with a source of inspiration that comes from nature. The story comes from my research, volunteering, and meeting the people involved in that story world. I am an intuitive writer and an image, sound, experience can all inspire a scene or a plot twist!”

People World Stories Inspiration Sound Inspire Source Involved Scene Research Meetings Plot Volunteer Twists Intuitive Source Of Inspiration Plot Twists

Author:Mary Alice Monroe

“My main influence is - it's music. It lifts the spirit. I am always listening to music. And sometimes what inspires me is a little sound or some small arrangement. I really do listen to music continuously all day long - very loud, so people can't stand to be around me anymore.”

People Littles Long Sometimes Spirit Sound Influence Inspire Listening Lifts Loud Arrangements Listening To Music

Author:Donatella Versace

“Beauty inspires me - beauty in nature, people, and art. Smells and fragrances too. I know it sounds weird, but I'm a "fume head." I'm very olfactory-driven.”

People Knows Art Sound Inspire Smell Driven Fragrance Nature Beauty

Author:Maria Canals Barrera

“The things I see every day inspire my sound and lyrics, like certain people and situations that stick out in my mind. There are also certain musicians I love whose music and styles inspire me.”

People Mind Certain Sound Situation Style Inspire Musician Sticks

Author:Birdy

“Everything can inspire me. I know that sounds like a cop-out answer, but I find inspiration in literally just about everything. As an actor, I have to watch people and observe their behaviors - this is how I create characters. My daily surroundings feed my work, whether it's something I'm working on right now or it's something down the road. Music, art, landscape - these are all things I draw inspiration from.”

People Knows Art Character Inspiration Actors Sound Answers Watches Inspire Right Now Behavior Draws All Things Landscape Cop Surroundings Down The Road

Author:Josh McDermitt

“I know it sounds very cliché and not very exciting, but if I'm outdoors - in the wild or the ocean or the forest - it inspires me.”

Ifs Knows Sound Inspire Ocean Exciting Forests

Author:Laura Ramsey

“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”

Ifs Writing Sound Inspire

Book:Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing

Source: Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing