"In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts"

"We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival"

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working"

"Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation"

"Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model"

"The groups, though, were my inspiration way back then. I liked Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers"

"One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled"

"When you're younger, your inspiration is there. As you get older, it tends to waver. Once you find it - I found it again - that's where you can draw from. That's where you draw your strength from"

"Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries"

"Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind"

"As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not"