Muse Quotes

Muse. Mu-se. It's a great thing, for someone to feel that they can draw inspiration from you. And I don't think it's necessarily a man 'taking' from a woman. It can go both ways, both can stimulate, excite.

Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.

Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy that. It's a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don't. Every day I sit down and write.

I'm not in control of my muse. My muse does all the work.

I'd really like having a couple days of being a rock star, although I'd rather be a backup - like maybe the drummer for Muse... It would also be fun to be gorgeous, like be Charlize Theron, just for a couple of days.

Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.

For hundreds of years people have talked about artists having inspiration, but often, some persons would say, write us a symphony or write us a song, on commission. The artists would come up with a masterpiece without waiting to have their muse inspire them.

I just really allowed my muse to be my guide and I just go with whatever I'm feeling.

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.

You should treat a muse like a fairy.

O! for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.

There is something else at work here that is beyond me - and that is Laura. She has a life of her own. There is a magic in her. The muse is in her. And I'm lucky to have her in my life.

Everybody knows that I don't have a muse. I'm not interested in that.

Miles Davis was a master. In every phase of his career, he understood that this music was a tribute to the African muse.

The ancient Greek oral poets all had this anxiety about the deficiencies of their memories and always began poems by praying to the Muse to help them remember.

In the fairy tale the painting represents the here and now. The book is actually divided into five sections, through which the key character, the muse, leads us.

One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need.

Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony.

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!

I was Versace's muse, I was Valentino's muse, I was Alaia's muse, Lancetti's muse, Calvin Klein's, Halston's. I could go on and on.

And muse on Nature with a poet's eye.

I was following my muse and I was very fortunate in having good people around me and it turned out to be a pretty good recording in my opinion.

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.

Following my muse has worked out pretty well so far. I can't see any reason to change the formula now.

I think of many people and no one as a muse. I love the way Sofia looks always, and I love the way Kim looks always. Fashion may be part of their world, but it's not their whole life. It's not everything.

When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

I'm very interested to see how this new painting will go - I know I want it big and stark, and as I said, I follow the muse, and that's when it always works perfectly for me.

Today she is the lady of death, which I believe is the best muse to have.

I guess my husband is a muse as well.