“I deny that art can be taught, or, in other words, maintain that art is completely individual, and that the talent of each artist is but the result of his own inspiration and his own study of past tradition.” ArtInspirationPastArtistIndividualResultsEducationStudyTalentTaughtArt IsTraditionDeny Author:Gustave Courbet
“I always urged my contemporaries to look for interest and inspiration to the development and study of drawing, but they would not listen. They thought the road to salvation lay by the way of colour.” WayLooksInspirationInterestStudyDevelopmentSalvationLaysDrawingColour Author:Edgar Degas
“The artificial intelligence approach may not be altogether the right one to make to the problem of designing automatic assembly devices. Animals and machines are constructed from entirely different materials and on quite different principles. When engineers have tried to draw inspiration from a study of the way animals work they have usually been misled; the history of early attempts to construct flying machines with flapping wings illustrates this very clearly.” WayMayDifferentProblemInspirationAnimalPrinciplesStudyDesignMaterialsApproachDrawsMachinesWingsFlyingDevicesArtificial IntelligenceArtificialEngineersConstructsAssemblyMisledFlappingFlying Machines Author:Maurice Wilkes
“Scholars may quote Plato in studies, but the hearts of millions shall quote the Bible at their daily toil, and draw strength from its inspiration, as the meadows draw it from the brook.” HeartMayInspirationMillionsStudyDrawsBibleScholarPlatoToilBrooksMeadows Author:Moncure D. Conway
“I never played music, but it's an important thing ... the studying, the inspiration.” ImportantInspirationStudyImportant Things Author:Kevin James
“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
“In my study I can lay my hand on the Bible in the pitch dark. All truly inspired ideas come from God. The powers from which all truly great composers like Mozart, Schubert, Bach and Beethoven drew their inspirations is the same power that enabled Jesus to do his miracles.” I CanIdeasHandsInspirationJesusDarkStudyMiracleLaysInspiredComposerSchubert Author:Johannes Brahms
“I suppose that one of the greatest benefits of studying Isaiah is the process of studying Isaiah. Searching the scriptures puts you in a pondering, searching frame of mind in which inspiration can come, allowing you to find ways to apply scriptural truths to your life.” WayMindInspirationProcessStudyBenefitsScriptureAllowingPonderingFrame Of Mind Author:John Bytheway
“What smells strongly of crap to one generation - Victorian penny dreadfuls, the music of the Archies, the Lone Ranger radio show, blaxploitation films of the seventies - so often becomes a fruitful source of inspiration, veneration, and study for those to come, while certified Great and Worthy Art molders and fades on its storage rack, giving off an increasingly powerful whiff of naphthalene.” GivingArtShowsInspirationFilmPowerfulStudyGenerationsSourceRadioWorthySmellFadesCrapSeventiesPenniesLoneVictorianRangersStorageRacksVenerationSource Of InspirationLone Ranger Author:Michael Chabon