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The central point of the work of art is the work as origin, the point which cannot be reached, yet the only one which is worth reaching. — Maurice Blanchot

Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library. — John Waters

If you have to wait for it to roar out of
you,
then wait patiently.
if it never does roar out of you,
do something else. — Charles Bukowski

All photos speak a thousand words. This one contained a library. — Rivera Sun

No one can discover you until you do. Exploit your talents, skills and strengths and make the world sit up and take notice. — Rob Liano

The creative union of the conscious with the unconscious is what one usually calls 'inspiration.' — Leon Trotsky

She (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition. — Steven Pressfield

Thank God I have seen an orange sky with purple clouds. How easy it is to forget that we have the privilege of living in God's art gallery. — Erica Goros

Motivational speaking is the art of telling people what they have been told before ... without them noticing. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all. — Rita Mae Brown

If you can change the way you think in time you will notice a change in your heart and also a change in your life and the way you see things. — The Prolific Penman

Art Nouveau got its inspiration from nature. The Bauhaus got its inspiration from engineering. — P. J. O'Rourke

When something comes from within, when it is a part of you, you have no choice but to live it, to express it. — Kamal Ravikant

Poetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth. — Aberjhani

If we don't value the people who inspire us (and money is one mark of that) then what kind of culture are we building? — Sara Sheridan

If ever in pain, I think the best thing we can do is to create something. — Kamal Ravikant

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

Pruned my subconscious. Discovered new shoots. — Sally Jo Martine

An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions, and I have mine. — Andres Serrano

Art is craft, not inspiration. — Stephen Sondheim

What is lovely never dies, but passes into other loveliness, Star-dust, or sea-foam, flower or winged air. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Photography is a Passion Not a Hobby! — Ilyass Azaryouh

If there was ever a time to create, it is now! — Michele Jennae

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul. — W. Somerset Maugham

The principal art of the teacher is to awaken the joy in creation and knowledge. — Albert Einstein

Music, art, landscape - these are all things I draw inspiration from. — Josh McDermitt

Time is an illusion, timing is an art. — Stefan Emunds

I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art. — Madonna

The willingness to be a champion for stupid ideas is the key to greater creativity, innovation, fulfillment, inspiration, motivation and success. — Richie Norton

The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration. — Steven Pressfield

When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it. You grab it and honor it and use it, because momentum is a rare gift. — Justina Chen

Trying to live up to yourself is the most trying thing. — Ren Garcia

My art is an act of creation and destruction, with all the sorrow and joy these engender as well as all the shadow and light these contain. — Kathryn V. White

We all have an inner artist that has something to tell us if we allow it to come to the surface. — Bill Buchman

Creativity in any form stimulates creativity in every form, music, arts, literature ... I find inspiration in anything. It's all the same. — Marc Jacobs

Human requirements are the inspiration for art. — Stephen Gardiner

Italy is the home of art and swindling; home of religion and moral rottenness — Mark Twain

Being surrounded by artistic and musical beauty soothes the soul, bringing both quiet calm and creative inspiration ... — Wayne D. Dosick

We must not imitate that which we seek to create. — Georges Braque

I create beautiful art, so I can look back on the life my body fell short of in such a way that it brings me peace. — Nikki Rowe

Inspiration fans the flame of creation. — Ka Chinery

Writing is an art. A document is your canvas, words are your paint, and a keyboard is your paintbrush. — Lizzy Grimm

If you are really bored with life, just meet a decent magician and have a close up magic show, he will restore inspiration in your life. — Amit Kalantri

The creative strength is good enough and deep enough to bring itself to flower and to grow in spite of this sickness. — Joanne Greenberg

God is not interested in your art but, your heart. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Calligraphy is a geometry of the soul which manifests itself physically. — Plato

You know you possess the soul of an artist when, each time you sit down to create, the whole universe lays itself at your feet. — Eric Micha'el Leventhal

Anyone can learn how to draw. — Liron Yankonsky

The brightest stars don't necessarily give the most light. — Marty Rubin

An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours. — Irving Stone

She had found more than peace of mind. She had discovered the state of her soul set down in ink. — Nancy Horan

I spoke fire, laughed smoke, and madness spilled forth from my inspiration. — Arthur Holitscher

The stallion and his mare,
unbridled, with arrow-pattern,
are worked on.
the blue cloth
before the door
of religion and inspiration ... — Hilda Doolittle

Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It's about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time. — Antony Gormley

Do you know what it takes to do [a global art project]? People, energy, glue. — JR

If you don't know it's impossible, it's easier to do. — Neil Gaiman

Why I write music? Because it hurts not to. — Charlotte Eriksson

The way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas. — Linus Pauling

Works of Art are meant to connect the human heart to inspiration, for cosmic consciousness to grow in the Supreme Reality rooted in Life and Being. — Nelly Mazloum

Art is about going a little nuts and justifying the next sentence. — Young-Ha Kim

Nature is a divine art. — Lailah Gifty Akita

To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness. — Malcolm Forbes

The art of land warfare is an art of genius, of inspiration. On the sea nothing is genius or inspiration; everything is positive or empiric. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing. — Marc Chagall

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

I've found that busting your ass on a daily basis to make your art good, clear, and meaningful creates the most luck. — Don Roff

writing is a craft, not an art, and that the man who runs away from his craft because he lacks inspiration is fooling himself. — William Zinsser

Life is art and art is life. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Doggedness in art is no substitute for inspiration. — Benjamin Wood

Creativity thrives where its roots are crowded. — Ozzie Zehner

Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning. — Walter Gropius

Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration; in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution. — Tony Kushner

Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else
that's how you'll get ahead. — Austin Kleon

Don't squash creativity, inspire it! — Shellie Palmer

Suffering is the noblest art, the quieter the better. — Chang-rae Lee

I get my inspiration from books, pictures, art. I might find a vintage scarf and say, "I think this should be our color palette." — Jessica Simpson

Make your art a gift of inspiration to others to work toward better things. — Richard Schmid

The male muse is an unaccountably rare thing in art. Where does that leave female artists looking for inspiration? — Kate Christensen

Works of art are not born in flashes of inspiration but in daily fidelity. — Albert Camus

read the state of the art, the rest of inspiration — Art Opportunities

You have treated the arts as the cherry on the cake. It needs to be the yeast. — Mallika Sarabhai

As artists, the pleasure is to really have your work resonate and mean something. Art takes its inspiration from reality. — Yareli Arizmendi

A painting which does not take its inspiration from the heart is nothing more than futile juggling. — Caspar David Friedrich

I'm pretty much looking for beauty all the time. It just seems like some days the light is better to see it. — Melodie Ramone

Vital lives are about action. You can't feel warmth unless you create it, can't feel delight until you play, can't know serendipity unless you risk. — Joan Erickson

Art invariably grows out of a period when, in general, the artist admires his own nation and wants to win its approval. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Art has one purpose, that is to leave you changed. Love has one purpose, that is to create art. — Julieanne O'Connor

If you can't focus then how do you expect to make your dreams come true? — The Prolific Penman

Our tragedy is their beauty. Our pain is their art. The beatific bereavement that is our life captured on a canvas for all the world to see. — Solange Nicole

The result may be important but it's not the actual measure. The measure is the feeling you have made contact with something. — Eric Maisel

Love isn't just a feeling. It's an art. And like any art, it takes not only inspiration but also a lot of work. — Paulo Coelho

The pure, frank sentiments we hold in our hearts are the only truthful sources of art. — Caspar David Friedrich

Source of inspiration. The MAK is a museum that has had a profound effect on me as an artist and art viewer. — Kiki Smith

Ideas too sometimes fall from the tree before they are ripe. — Ludwig Wittgenstein

Persecution inspires men who otherwise would have remained dormant. As pain whips the painter, his brush whips the canvas. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I dream my painting and I paint my dream. — Vincent Van Gogh

Random thoughts that fly away.
Where words has no place to stay.
Let it be right where they are.
Let the work of art preserve its life. — Diana Rose Morcilla

Don't try to follow trends. Create them. — Simon Zingerman

For a true artist, difficulties become opportunities and clouds become solid present. — Alejandro Jodorowsky

When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best
that is inspiration. — Robert Bresson