Top 1200 Inspiration Quotes & Sayings - Page 20
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Last updated on November 5, 2024.
It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction.
Charlie Parker is my greatest inspiration as a saxophone player - anything that involves him entails a large amount of respect.
I definitely take inspiration from runway trends but also throughout my travels, I see editorials all over in all of the different publications.
What is he? He's a puppeteer and he's got a lot of inspiration all around him, and the fact that they can manipulate the expressions now with ease compared to what it used to be.
If we are to continue to have the freedoms that came of the inspiration of the Almighty to our Founding Fathers, we must return to the God who is their true Author.
Any job very well done that has been carried out by a person who is fully dedicated is always a source of inspiration.
Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time... The wait is simply too long.
I have been inspired by countless artists over the years, but there's also times when you just gotta make your own inspiration.
My love of R&B and hip-hop has influenced my life not even as a musician, but generally in terms of growing up and looking to America as an inspiration.
My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.
Not in government or force, not in slavery or war, but in the creative, and thereby spiritual, power of freedom, shall our inspiration be found.
I take a lot of inspiration from the nature of the universe and visualize my work as a direct or indirect reflection of life, inside and around us.
I don't find inspiration by just sitting down with a guitar anymore. I lost that. I started being so interested in other kinds of music.
I have said it many a time, and am surer of it than ever, that the life and death issue of Christianity is the inspiration and authority of the Bible.
My books are all relationship-focused, so much of my inspiration comes from my own relationships and the issues and concerns that arise among my friends and family.
Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God.
We cannot underestimate the power of the different art forms, and the correspondences between them, which are an unending source of inspiration and enrichment.
I can't tell you how many times I've turned to Parliament Funkadelic for inspiration and actually just outright and replayed or sampled a song.
Nostalgia has always been a key player in my songwriting cause within that space I find a great deal of inspiration.
Inspiration demands the active cooperation of the intellect joined with enthusiasm, and it is under such conditions that marvelous conceptions, with all that is excellent and divine, come into being.
I have a lot of appetites and try to revel in almost everything, so inspiration can even come from a well-appointed submarine sandwich, you know?
I think Radiohead and Outkast are the two modern popular groups who you can actually say that about. We take inspiration from everywhere.
A lot of my pieces have involved teamwork, but hopefully they've inspired people to make things - that inspiration would be a great legacy.
I think we are living in pretty scary times and people are looking for inspiration and are also more open to the spiritual possibilities.
I'd never had any problem finding inspiration; Ireland was always just there, you know? All this richness of culture was there to tap into.
Be around people who can keep your energy and inspiration high. While you can make progress alone, it's so much easier when you have support.
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks.
One of my biggest influences is Mac Miller, so to follow in his footsteps would be incredible. He's definitely a big inspiration to me.
I was big into grunge, like Nirvana and Hole, when I was younger, which has been a really huge inspiration because of its rawness and honesty.
The way I cook it's more like mad science. There's a lot of inspiration and dramatic failure with the occasional gorgeous success.
I never really paid much attention to music that was going on in the UK. I was always looking towards the States for my inspiration.
Most of my inspiration comes from mistakes, so every time I make a massive mistake, that usually affects me so much that I have to process that via song.
Inspiration does not come like a blot, nor is it kinetic energy striving, but it comes to us slowly and quietly all the time.
As far as inspiration goes, I'm constantly inspired by traveling, symbols, magic and different cultural traditions around the world.
No inspiration comes from nowhere. No invention is based on nothing. You always need to be tuned up and be ready to start receiving the energy you look for.
It's different if you're self-fed by a culture such as the U.S. where it's so rich, you don't have to look outside. Everything's already there. But when you grow up in the desert, you have to be looking all over for inspiration.
Seeing other people do great work is its own form of inspiration and far more powerful than borrowing their ideas.
I wake up every day looking forward to the concert that night. I don't think you need much more inspiration than that.
The only character I ever remember actually creating in a flash of inspiration was George Liquor. God planted that in my head in an instant.
When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.
I want to be remembered as a person who felt there was no limitation to what the human body and mind can do and be the inspiration to lead people to do things they never hoped to do.
The writing of You've Got a Friend was one of the most incredible experiences because it was mostly inspiration. It just came to me almost as we hear it.
If somebody asked me about my inspiration I would say that it's not the peopleand it's not the things, it's travel and experiencing different environments.
Through my travels, I find inspiration in street style and how young women create their individual looks and identity.
My greatest inspiration had come from messages delivered through spirit sources, who seemed to guide my every step.
Dreams that are realized become an inspiration for new endeavor. It is in the power to make the dream good that we find the hope of this world.
I feel like the blues is actually some kind of documentary of the past and the present - and something to give people inspiration for the future.
I always played 'FIFA' and stuff like that growing up, and seeing those guys celebrate, I kind of got inspiration from that.
If I get ideas independently of the act of writing, they never really fit. So for me, there's no hanging out, waiting for inspiration.
This was all the inspiration it took: We put 100 percent of ourselves in the lines. We personally take care of everything, from fulfillment to answering the mail.
If I'm fighting the best, then I can inspire a younger generation. I walk into the gyms and see girls boxing. They say I'm their inspiration. I love that.
I want to advise this people, if the Lord ever does give you an inspiration, for heaven's sake write it down and remember it.
When Nike says, just do it, that's a message of empowerment. Why aren't the rest of us speaking to young people in a voice of inspiration?
In the midst of global recession, in the face of uncertainty about what's going to happen next, film looks for inspiration to real people.
Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings.
Social justice has always been a part of my inspiration. For example, when the Vietnam War was going on, I wrote a song about that.
There's nothing like a little fear or hunger to motivate one's inspiration. To take that away from a young artist can offer quite a disservice.
May all people here find inspiration and strength to build a future of reconciliation, justice and peace for all the children of this beloved land.
All my stories take place on the West Coast - not the beach, but smaller inland towns. I feel homesick, and I find inspiration in capturing that.
