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I don't know if I've ever had a muse per se. I would say that the woman I'm inspired by exists more in my sketchbooks. She exists in my head. — Erdem Moralioglu

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

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

Clio, the muse of history, is as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Poetry is not a mere expression of a poet's self, but an enchantment, a spell of the muse, the inspiration. Poetry is thus magic and magic is poetry. — Shilpa Sandesh

She is the fragrance of a dozen jasmines. — Avijeet Das

I am tired of loving a foreign muse. — Stephen Vincent Benet

But the muse won't always cooperate and she will never be coerced. Sometimes she'd rather take a nap or see a mid-afternoon movie. — Jonathan Tropper

Muse is a tyrant. It gets you out of bed in the twilight of the morning and forces you to create something! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

To be a muse is to be a wonder in someone else's eyes, flaws and all. — L. H. Cosway

Solace of Silence
surreal synapses
of a melancholy drone
a dream per chance
she dared not be alone ... — Muse

Calico Kitty

My calico kitty
was painted and primed
she could prowl
the night away ~
without spending a dime... — Muse

You do violence with your words if you force them - art is given - the words received, moment by moment from unseen hands - call it a Muse ... — John Geddes

Art is the extended arm of your imagination, The feast of inspiration for your muse. Art isn't just creativity, its a way of life. — Sarah Curran

my poetry is merely a body.
you are the soul in my words. — Sanober Khan

Nurture your mind, body and spirit. Grow your Muse and you will lead a fulfilled life. — Gail McMeekin

First coffee, then a bowel movement. Then the Muse joins me. — Gore Vidal

I have played in every toilet but you still want to spoil it to prove I've made a big mistake — Muse

Fashion is a MUSE, you must seduce her. — Anna Dello Russo

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'd Drown For You
I opened my heart to you
A complete immersion
I offered my soul to you
A heavenly diversion — Muse

I'm only able to write poetry, for the most part, when I have a Muse, a woman who focuses the world for me. — May Sarton

Speaking Akil's name around Stefan felt like throwing gasoline on a bushfire." ~ Muse — Pippa DaCosta

Sometimes I wish I could sneak a peek into that mind of yours and see what you're thinking. Especially when you smile at me like that. ~ Oliver Sand — Chris Kuhn

I'm really lucky because my mom is a good beauty muse. — Elizabeth Jagger

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Poetry's a collaboration with your muse.
Silence!
Let her speak. — Beryl Dov

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

Muse - A sleep depriving creature of the night! — K.D. Faerydae

Every time I felt lonely or in need of a muse, I merely created a character. — Mara Hahn

It's really just paint. I muse on that, sometimes, Jamie. When I can't sleep. How a little paint can make shallow water seem deep. — Stephen King

I didn't really think of myself as being a muse. — Jane Birkin

Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards. — Homer

I've had recurring nightmares that I was loved for who I am ... and missed the opportunity to be a better man. — Muse

Throughout her life, she behaved as if she had never heard anyone suggest that a woman couldn't do entirely as she pleased. — Francine Prose

Everything is my demon muse. I have a muse which whispers in my ear and says, 'Do this, do that,' but it's my demon who provokes me. — Ray Bradbury

in astronomy class, the muse urania angrily watches a panel of men talk about the wonders of the stars as though they created them. — Salma Deera

Tender Ember
... Barred and branded
to be forever unloved
I was a tender ember
seeking solace from above ... — Muse

Nothingness
... there in this place
where nothingness takes
but for the glimmer
a steadfast shimmer
all would be consumed ... — Muse

If there is a single person at the nexus of fantasy literature, it is Terri Windling
as editor, as writer, as painter, as muse. — Jane Yolen

Well, it beat being tied to a bed and drugged up to the eyeballs. — Pippa DaCosta

Everyone has left me
except my muse,
that good nurse.
She stays in my hand,
a mild white mouse. — Anne Sexton

I look at you and you look at me and deep in our hearts babe we know it, that you weren't much of a muse, but then, I weren't much of a poet. — Nick Cave

If you schlep a shit job everyday, keep and feed a little secret life
whether it's writing, art, running, music, your thoughts. It's yours. — Don Roff

I want the principles of a timeless muse, I want to eradicate my negative views. — Lou Reed

To become the love of a poet is to become both a muse and an immortal all at the same time. — Jennifer Megan Varnadore

My muse changes all the time because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way - they just don't want to say it. — Donatella Versace

I find it a great and fatal difference whether I court the Muse, or the Muse courts me. That is the ugly disparity between age and youth. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten trying to sing you a love song. Charming. — Tori Amos

Some thoughtlessly proclaim the Muses nine:
A tenth is Sappho, maid divine. — Plato

I'm a big advocate of breastfeeding. — Arizona Muse

All I want for my birthday is a date with my muse Christina Aguilera Is that too much for a guy to ask for? — Ocean Crisstopher Poet

Being human was a lot more difficult than it looked. Demon was easy. Demon was simple. Human was ... terrifying. Muse — Pippa DaCosta

Every writer should know their target. Aim for the heart ~ hit that and all which follows is sheer ecstasy. — Muse

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

I remember my mom saying that after you have a baby you get really thin. So you gain all that weight and then you just lose it and keep losing it. — Arizona Muse

I get a kick out of cursing people for life on Sundays. — Emily Kirby

Beat me, hurt me, fight me and I'll bounce back, but be nice to me? I folded quicker than a banker in a high-stakes poker game. — Pippa DaCosta

I say, dress to please yourself. Listen to your inner muse and take a chance. Wear something that says 'Here I am!' today. — Iris Apfel

My ultimate search has been for a muse. — Dominic Monaghan

Music gives the soul this inner self-expression, a voice. It gives the soul a sound, the sound of the Muse. — Mickey Hart

The muse is the mystic force, but you are the master. — A.D. Posey

A book is a living breathing piece of art and you are just the person it chose to channel its story. Be humble. — Lori Lesko

Improvisation is intuition in action, a way to discover the muse and learn to respond to her call. — Stephen Nachmanovitch

She gave me hugs that were like oxygen to a dying man and uplifted my soul! — Avijeet Das

You can think of a painter as a trio - the artist, his talent and his muse, the last two always on the lookout for a new brush man. — Robert Breault

Cross my heart, and hope to die. Bake a demon in a pie. — Pippa DaCosta

A Coy Aversion

...a flutter
too shy
to be seen... — Muse

Your mind is a book; God is the pen. — Michael Bassey Johnson

To feed your Muse, then, you should always have been hungry about life since you were a child. If not, it is a little late to start. — Ray Bradbury

Like all writers, my greatest inspiration, my ultimate muse, is a deadline. — Dave Barry

She's my best friend." My muse, my brush, my artistry, my heart. All of its dead without her. "I love her. — A.G. Howard

The Muse is not real. Relying on the Muse is like leaning on a crutch made of playing cards. — Chuck Wendig

Make a habit of inviting demons over?" "Yeah, actually. Wednesdays are movie nights. They bring the snacks. — Pippa DaCosta

You know, I auditioned for 'Titanic.' Sometimes I muse on what would have happened. That would have been such a different life. — Ethan Hawke

I'm lucky with my skin - it doesn't require a lot of attention, so I keep things simple. And I drink a lot of water. — Arizona Muse

Melancholy isn't a sign of the book's end; it is its inspiration. Melancholy is reading's muse. — Andrew Piper

Copywriting is a design muse, it carves a beautiful masterpiece in an imaginative way. — Sharen Song

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. — Ronnie Montrose

True poetry (inspired by the Muse and her prime symbol, the moon) even today is a survival, or intuitive re-creation, of the ancient Goddess-worship. — Robert Graves

When two souls compose a single song, The muse fans Livid wrath before long. — Euripides

You should treat a muse like a fairy. — Paulo Coelho

His silence helps him come off as something of a seer, a whispering muse. — Davis Miller

The Muse herself makes some men inspired, from whom a chain of other men is strung out who catch their own inspiration from theirs. — Plato

I love you, Lucien, but I am a muse, you are an artist, I am not here to make you comfortable. — Christopher Moore

There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse. — Sappho

Every time I hear writers talk about 'the muse,' I just want to bitch-slap them. It's a job. Do your job. — Nora Roberts

I can assure you, as anyone who has ever met a muse knows, the best way to get a muse to hang around is to show you could be having fun without her. — Z.A. Maxfield

Thus does the Muse herself move men divinely inspired, and through them thus inspired a Chain hangs together of others inspired divinely likewise. — Plato

A Guardian is only as strong as its Muse. — Susie M. Hanley

The muse of invention handed me a rifle and I shot a white bear who sat down and said: Ah. — Vladimir Nabokov

...in search of my creative muse while writing a novel. — Atlas Brown

Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal. — Robert Genn

Maybe she was a little dark but she sort of sparkled with it.
Jacob about Muse — Z.A. Maxfield

One day you will have vengeance, little half-blood. You will stand upon a wasteland littered with your dead kin and you will be free. — Pippa DaCosta

Sing in me, muse, of arms and a man, who first from the shores of Troy. — Virgil

Arts without a spiritual relative is like frying buns with water. — Michael Bassey Johnson

Hi, I am Matt Bellamy and I am in a band called Muse and we play Music — Matt Bellamy

I have not lived for millennia to be bested by a half-blood whore and her puppet prince." ~ Valenti — Pippa DaCosta

Today I fed him right off the bat, and only checked Facebook twice. — Chila Woychik

Foolish man. You cannot turn me into a phantom because you are frightened. You do not dismiss a muse at whim. - Sabine Strohem — Nick Bantock