Eyvind Johnson Quotes
From the throes of inspiration and the eddies of thought the poet may at last be able to arrive at, and convey the right admixture of words and meaning.
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I actually found not having a routine was inspiration.
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In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
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A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.
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My inspiration is love and history.
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I know the true meaning of getting by by the skin of my teeth; I do. It doesn't matter whether you've got money or you haven't, whether you're famous or not. This is the case for all women, actually; you have to carry on. You always have to carry on. And you can, because you have to.
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A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
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I shall, in due time, be a Poet.
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I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.
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There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.
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The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.
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Making art, good art, is always a struggle. It can make you happy when you pull it off. There's no better feeling. It's beauteous. But it's always about hard work and inspiration and sweat and good ideas.
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Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen.
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There is such a big chunk of me that is David Attenborough. I think he is my biggest inspiration.
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I've always been a huge Tupac fan, and I often listen to him for inspiration or when I'm stuck.
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I get my inspiration from everyone when I need it and how I need it.
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Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it.
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Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women.
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Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more.
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If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing.
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I want to rebuild America.
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Good manners are an admission that everybody is so tender that they have to be handled with gloves. Now, human respect—you don't call a man a coward or a liar lightly, but if you spend your life sparing people's feelings and feeding their vanity, you get so you can't distinguish what should be respected in them.
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That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.
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From the throes of inspiration and the eddies of thought the poet may at last be able to arrive at, and convey the right admixture of words and meaning.
