Inspiration Quotes
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He grows daily more capable of following any inspiration without technical effort, and also of letting inspiration come to him through meticulous observation.
Eugen Herrigel
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To cast aside from Poetry, all that is not Inspiration.
William Blake
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I might sound audacious, but the Mahatma has been a great inspiration. He had the conviction to live with his beliefs in the face of total disbelief.
R. Madhavan
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The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone.
Charles Ghigna
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I was brought up on choirs and brass bands. They formed the music of my childhood. When I heard the Treorchy Male Choir at the Royal Variety Performance it brought back such happy memories. You have your own eminent place in the history of British music. You stand for excellence in a great tradition and your work for charity is both an example and an inspiration.
Michael Parkinson
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You're always trying to find new stuff and new inspiration. If you don't really push and you don't try something that feels exciting, then it's not worth doing.
Hamilton Leithauser
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I don't believe in inspiration that arrives like a bolt from the blue ... It seems to me that the more motivated I am by what I film, the more objectively I film.
Agnes Varda
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Do we not all agree to call rapid thought and noble impulse by the name of inspiration?
George Eliot
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Do you really know the living Jesus - not from books but from being with Him in your heart? Have you heard the loving words He speaks to you?... The devil may try to use the hurts of life, and sometimes our own mistakes - to make you feel it is impossible that Jesus really loves you, is really cleaving to you. This is a danger for all of us. And so sad, because it is completely the opposite of what Jesus is really wanting, waiting to tell you. Not only that He loves you, but even more - He longs for you.
Mother Teresa
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Jazz translates the moment into a sense of inspiration for not only the musicians but for the listeners.
Herbie Hancock
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We take a lot of inspiration from punk rock and early rock 'n' roll from the '50s and early '60s.
Ezra Furman
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There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.
Stephen Covey
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Panic is the great access of creativity because that's the only way to get rid of your mind.
Shekhar Kapur
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If you're curious, if you have a capacity for wonder, if you're alive, you know all that you need to know [about music].
Michael Tilson Thomas
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Human requirements are the inspiration for art.
Stephen Gardiner
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I'm not trying to be an inspiration, but I'm flattered to be considered one.
Amy Purdy
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Regret is a tough emotion to live down: it haunts you in ways that will sap your strength and inspiration to go on to better things.
Bob Buford
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A baby writer should take inspiration from her predecessors but also find ways to tell her own stories in her own way.
Judith Tarr
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Inspiration and creativity, they ride right next to one anotherNot everyday are you going to wake up, the clouds are gonna part and the rays are gonna come downsometimes you gotta just get in there and force yourself to work and maybe something good will come out of it.
Jack White The White Stripes
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Japanese movie "Be With You" served as inspiration for "Love Box." I couldn't fill up the album with just my experiences.
Lee Seung-hyun Big Bang
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The excellence and inspiration of truth is in the pursuit, not in the mere having of it. The pursuit of all truth is a kind of gymnastics; a man swings from one truth with higher strength to gain another. The continual glory is the possibility opening before us.
Edwin Hubbell Chapin
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If we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life.
Thandie Newton
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I've always loved Louisiana and particularly New Orleans, and I think a lot of people when they travel there, think they're home there - there are just so many spirits, it's so rich in culture. It's steeped in a true spirit of individuality that makes this country. It's the oldest part of our story, in a way. And being in that climate, it was really conducive to letting our imaginations soar. I found it to be the true inspiration.
Scarlett Johansson
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My friends are my inspiration, and all of them are true friends that support me. On a daily basis, I know that I have my friends to rely on.
Reem Acra