Muse Quotes
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To me the Muses truly gave An envied and a happy lot: E'en when I lie within the grave, I cannot, shall not, be forgot.
Sappho -
Yes. I guess it's the foolish romantic in me, but you see, I don’t think that sex is my Muse.
Peter Murphy Bauhaus
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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
Edmund Waller -
The more I learn and read about the 10th Muse i realize what a great fan base and cult following she has. I'm going to try to live up to the fantastic image of the 10th Muse!
Cindy Margolis -
Do not write if there is no tremendous urge to do so. At the heart, there must be an inspiration or muse or one of those old-fashioned things. Else, why bore yourself, destroy other people's interest and kill trees?
Vikram Seth -
O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!
William Shakespeare -
I have been a muse to Mr. Saint-Laurent, Valentino, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Versace.
Iman -
The male muse is an unaccountably rare thing in art. Where does that leave female artists looking for inspiration?
Kate Christensen
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I just really allowed my muse to be my guide and I just go with whatever I'm feeling.
K. D. Lang -
If you only write when the muse strikes, you won't get anything done. You have to write consistently, when your schedule says you should. And that's hard.
Ramez Naam -
I went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal.
Arthur Rimbaud -
But I can only write what the muse allows me to write. I cannot choose, I can only do what I am given, and I feel pleased when I feel close to concrete poetry - still.
Ian Hamilton Finlay -
I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.
Eric Clapton Blind Faith -
Cheat your landlord if you can -- and must -- but do not try to shortchange the Muse.
William S. Burroughs
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One of the things that helps me tell a story through music is to create a character. I have to have a muse, whether it's Frida Kahlo, Martha Graham, Marlene Dietrich, or Pippi Longstocking.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
Malcolm X is a person who has inspired - he has been the muse of several generations of black cultural workers, artists, poets, playwrights.
Manning Marable -
To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
Barbara Tuchman -
You can only use someone for so long before you dry them out. How long does a muse last? When do you let them loose?
Coco J. Ginger -
I attempt to connect with my muse and go on demon rides.
Keanu Reeves -
There are highlights when you become irreplaceable as a model, like when you become a muse to designers. They look at you differently; you're not a coat hanger for hire.
Iman
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Lots of you know me as a lone, hard-bitten columnist, prone to lurking on deserted rocky promontories while searching for my muse.
Cynthia Heimel -
A good debater is not necessarily an effective vote-getter: you can find a hole in your opponent's argument through which you could drive a coach and four ringing jingle bells all the way, and thrill at the crystallization of a truth wrung out from a bloody dialogue - which, however, may warm only you and your muse, while the smiling paralogist has in the meantime made votes by the tens of thousands.
William Francis Buckley -
It's hard to act in the morning. The muse isn't even awake.
Keanu Reeves -
All men owe honor to the poets - honor and awe; for they are dearest to the Muse who puts upon their lips the ways of life.
Homer