Inspired Quotes

I remember watching Audrey Hepburn dancing in movies, and I was inspired by how graceful she looked, though I understand it was no easy task.

Yuan Yuan Tan
- Remember
- Movies
- Easy
I wanted to make my stories, which are inspired by Asian stories, into something fresh, decontextualized - to give them new life as a new kind of fantasy that isn't so cloying and exotic and strange.

Ken Liu
- Life
- Inspired

I'm definitely inspired by Michael Jackson. I watch all his videos all the time. And Busta Rhymes, early Busta Rhymes - I really was inspired by him. He's really the reason why I started rapping. Because all his visuals. I loved his videos when I was younger.

Micheal Ray Stevenson
- Time
- Why
- Inspired
I'm always inspired to write, and it's usually my own life experiences that inspire me.

Kat Edmonson
- Life
- Me
- Inspire
I used to read a lot of fashion magazines: my favourite was 'Nylon.' I used to cut out all the pictures from magazines, and I had this book where I would keep all of the stuff that inspired me.

Yuna
- Book
- Keep
- Pictures
My mother was the only one who encouraged and inspired me for singing. She was singing all the time in the house, playing records also.

Bonnie Tyler
- Time
- Mother
- House
Birds in flight fascinate me. I admire eagles and falcons. I’m inspired by a feather but also its color, its graphics, its weightlessness and its engineering. It’s so elaborate. In fact I try and transpose the beauty of a bird to women.

Alexander McQueen
- Women
- Color
- Bird
People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'

Idina Menzel
- People
- Music
- Writing