Quotes About Inspiration

Songs are like sign posts in my life.

Rupi Kaur is an author and poet who posts the most beautiful, thought-provoking excerpts on her Instagram.

Beans are such a nice, neutral canvas, you can make a big, basic pot of them and then play around with them differently every day.

I start the day off with a pot of coffee, and I read all the newspapers online, then I delve around for new music.

My own personal melting pot has no room for Hendrix or heavy metal, filled as it is with European ancestors such as Debussy, Sibelius, Bartok, Lutoslawski, and Ligeti.

'Supafunkrock' is a musical gumbo. We throw all those musical influences into the pot and put it out there.

My grandfather used to be a chef and I remember going to his restaurant to peel potatoes and clean his floor. He used to go out and kiss all the girls in the restaurant and I thought 'oh this is good... one day I want to be like him.'

In the early '90s, when I really started to find my voice, I was reading a lot of books, and I was moved by the writers, like Chinua Achebe, and I wanted to be able to write rhymes that were as potent as what I was reading.

Human imagination is so much more potent than anything we could put down in words.

I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it.

Education is all about igniting young minds and enabling them to attain their fullest potential.

All I wanted was for people to see the potential in us.

For me, I think it's such a notable point to make that a leader had to believe, a leader had to see that potential.

My interest in photography is not to capture an image I see or even have in my mind, but to explore the potential of moments I can only begin to imagine.

I think my grandmother saw my potential first. When I was young, I told her, 'I think I should get a job.' She said, 'No, just keep boxing.'

There's much unlocked potential in Philips.

With the crowds on your side, it's easier to play up to your potential.

I have a responsibility to my fellow my community, to my fellow man, and woman. With that said, I create from a place of selfishness, but I'm also cognizant of potential impact on others. And I try to make that impact positive.

I think Socrates was fascinated by Alcibiades. It's almost the opposite of hypocrisy. I think it's like when you can see the potential in someone.

The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of the Instrument.

I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of it.

I think comics have far more potential than a lot of people realize.

I don't think the potential for comics in nonfiction has been exploited nearly as much as it could be.

I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.