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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

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

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

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

My muse has more projects on her wish list than I have hours in the day to write. #authorproblems — Michelle M. Pillow

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

The true comic muse is the one with tears running down under her laughing mask. — Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch

Express your creativity. Delight in the mystery of your inner muse. — Cheryl Richardson

In spite of Virtue and the Muse,
Nemesis will have her dues,
And all our struggles and our toils
Tighter wind the giant coils. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

The air I dragged through my teeth strummed with frequencies beyond human interpretation. Power. Chaos. Home. — Pippa DaCosta

Men should never marry their muse. It ruins the illusion. — Stana Katic

Bring Down The Walls
I will bring down the walls
that surround me today.
I will no longer be kept quiet
Meek enough to drown today ... — 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

Oh, you're good."
Akil narrowed his eyes. "You must have me confused with another sociopathic demon. — Pippa DaCosta

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

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

Sitting around and waiting for your muse is not the best choice. — Kristin Hannah

i write
because

it is
the only way

i can
reach you. — Sanober Khan

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

The Muse honors the working stiff. — Steven Pressfield

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

It's the witching hour once more-
When the Muse comes out to play.
He calls me through that magic door-
Where galaxies of worlds await! — Belle Whittington

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

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

His muse walked the streets with the others but she wore galoshes and was terribly afraid of being recognized. — Harold Nicolson

Sweet the young muse with love intense,
Which smiles o'er sleeping innocence. — Christopher Smart

You are the rainbow that adds color to my gray skies. — Avijeet Das

I went out under the sky, Muse! and I was your vassal. — Arthur Rimbaud

Yes. I guess it's the foolish romantic in me, but you see, I don't think that sex is my Muse. — Peter Murphy

I worship at the temple of your body and without you, I'd have no art ... — John Geddes

At the mention of her name, my heart started beating faster. Dawn. Rusty. My muse. — Karina Halle

I'd like to work for as long as possible and form connections with the labels I work for. — Arizona Muse

He suggested I pray to the Muse
get down on my knees and pray
right there in the corner and he
said he meant it literally — W.S. Merwin

The function of poetry is religious invocation of the muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites. — Robert Graves

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

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

In short, if the Muse exists, she does not whisper to the untalented. — Steven Pressfield

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 honor health as the first Muse. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Start writing, and the muse will come. Not every time, but keep at it, and the muse will come enough for you to get the initial writing done. — Sam Barry

The muse doesn't come without being called. — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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

Tell me, O Muse, of the man of many devices — Homer

Tell me, Muse, of the man of many ways,
who was driven far journeys — Homer

Something is visiting, but it may not be the muse... — Jo Shapcott

Today there are bars of light on the rug, but Muse Cat prefers his tomato box where he can dream in private ... — John Geddes

I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire. — Eric Clapton

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

In the presence of my muse, I no longer NEEDED to draw. — Craig Thompson

The seat of the Celtic Muse is in the mist of the secret and solitary hill, and her voice in the murmur of the mountain stream. — Walter Scott

The richest of all lords is Use,
And ruddy Health the loftiest Muse.
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea,
Drink the wild air's salubrity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's hard to act in the morning. The muse isn't even awake. — Keanu Reeves

Sometimes, when you sleep with the enemy, waking up is the hardest part." ~ Muse — Pippa DaCosta

We ought to muse upon the things of God, because we thus get the real nutriment out of them. — Charles Spurgeon

Writing is the best anti-depressant. — Fierce Dolan

The Muse gave the Greeks genius and the art of the well-turned phrase. — Horace

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

[S]he was my Muse, my alcoholic's bourbon on the rocks: irresistible. — Claire Messud

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

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

No muse shoots darts of insight into the unsuspecting artist. — Eric Maisel

In spite of its romantic frisson, the position of muse is very vague and largely thankless for the muse herself. — Katie Roiphe

Cradle of Solitude
For we know not why our tribulations
are given as such
our fragile forms
created from the dust ... — Muse

One must give himself completely to his art and not hold back. Throw caution to the wind. Embrace the muse. Make love to your art. — Harley King

The muse is blind as Cupid and skittish as Diana. — Mason Cooley

Next time I'm taking down hellhounds for you, I'll remember to tone down the pretty. — Pippa DaCosta

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

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

The Muse visits during the process of creation, not before. — Roger Ebert

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

What do you do when you're swimming with sharks? You make sure you're the biggest, most badass thing in the pool. — Pippa DaCosta

The reader's feedback is the muse for great written works of art. — Sarah Scott

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

The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, / To help me through this long disease, my life. — Alexander Pope

I was the first to bring the Muse into my country. — Virgil

Muse of the many twinkling feet, whose charms are now extending up from legs to arms. — Lord Byron

Haven't you ever heard of an artist's muse?" the barman asked. "They all seem to either have one or want one. Me, all I want is peace and quiet. — Louise Penny

Be determined. Be persistent. Be consistent," the muse said. "Then he looked at me and winked. "Never give up, dumb-ass. — Lani Brown

You can wait forever for the muse to sit on your shoulder, but most of the time you know what has to be done and inspiration is not going to help you. — Nick Hornby

So fuck off, netherworld. The demons can't have me. Akil can't have me. Nobody gets to tie me up and chain me down. Not anymore. — Pippa DaCosta

Rhyme and meter force gaps in meaning so the muse can enter. — Mason Cooley

Visual tonics such as 'timed creativity' need to be introduced to refresh and refurbish the muse. — Robert Genn

My mother's English, and she always was fascinated by the desert. — Arizona Muse

Deep in the secret chambers of my heart I muse my life-long hate, and without flinch I bear it nobly as I live my part. — Claude McKay

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

Those that can be troubled to muse upon the meaning of life are general disappointed when they figure it out. — Jasper Fforde

Who loves not music and the heavenly muse, That man God hates. — John Dowland

I cannot remember you
when the rain flows down -
I cannot remember you
and
my heart begins to drown ... — Muse

Oops. Sorry, everybody. This book is not officially endorsed by the proper Muse. If it explodes in your hand, my bad. — Rick Riordan

Perversity is the muse of modern literature. — Susan Sontag

William Shakespeare: My muse, as always, is Aphrodite.
Philip Henslowe: Aphrodite Baggett, who does it behind the Dog and Crumpet? — Marc Norman

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