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.Eyvind Johnson
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I actually found not having a routine was inspiration.
Flume -
In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.
Larry Niven -
A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else is just a footnote.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko -
My inspiration is love and history.
Waris Ahluwalia -
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.
Kate Winslet -
A poet can survive everything but a misprint.
Oscar Wilde
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I shall, in due time, be a Poet.
Ada Lovelace -
I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.
Edmund Wilson -
The Jewish people and the Negro people both know the meaning of Nordic supremacy. We have both looked into the eyes of terror.
Langston Hughes -
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.
Damien Hirst -
Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen.
Deep Roy -
There is such a big chunk of me that is David Attenborough. I think he is my biggest inspiration.
Bjork
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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.
Angie Thomas -
I get my inspiration from everyone when I need it and how I need it.
Picabo Street -
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.
Elizabeth Strout -
Method is much, technique is much, but inspiration is even more.
Benjamin Cardozo -
Without craftsmanship, inspiration is a mere reed shaken in the wind.
Johannes Brahms -
No politician in a European sense is happy with 26 million people unemployed. Nobody can be happy with 6 to 9 million young people unemployed. You have to give them hope and confidence and a sense of inspiration that the European process is actually about people, not about bureaucracy.
Enda Kenny
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External silence helps to achieve inner Silence, and only in internal Silence is Baba found - in profound inner Silence. I am never silent. I speak eternally. The voice that is heard deep within the soul is My voice - the voice of inspiration, of intuition, of guidance. Through those who are receptive to this voice, I speak.
Meher Baba -
I love spending time in nature. It doesn't judge.
Katrina Mayer -
I went into show business because I love to work with people, and what I enjoy most about acting is rehearsing and getting to know people and their talents, forming relationships. Working in this business, barriers drop and you get into people real quickly
Scott Bakula -
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.
Eyvind Johnson