Quotes About Inspiration

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers...but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds.

Mathematics and Poetry are... the utterance of the same power of imagination, only that in the one case it is addressed to the head, in the other, to the heart.

The mathematics are usually considered as being the very antipodes of Poesy. Yet Mathesis and Poesy are of the closest kindred, for they are both works of the imagination.

Whereas the logical mode of thought can only manipulate the world view of given paradigm, intuition can inspire genuine creativity, since it is not shackled by the nagging analytical mind, which often serves only to intimidate imaginative thought.

Only in a spontaneous utterance is there real, uncalculated evidence of enlightenment.)

Teach a child what is wise, that is morality. Teach him what is wise and beautiful, that is religion!

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.

My dad was an entrepreneurial businessman, and maybe I got some of his ability.

The failure of our efforts to serve teaches us how to serve: that is, with complete dependence on divine inspiration. This is what changes the world.

I wanted to learn everything I could about what it takes to be a great chef. It was a turning point for me.

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.

I think that you've got to make something that pleases you and hope that other people feel the same way.

The best way to get a good idea is to get a Lot of ideas. —LINUS PAULING

They overlook the possibility that brainstorming can be a skill, an art, more like playing the piano than tying your shoes.

I view art as an inspirational tool.

I remember my mom had a big collection of copies of Saturday Evening Post magazines, and that was really my introduction to those great illustrators.

Surround yourself with the kinds of input that are uplifting, that expand your mind and settle your spirit.

Beauty is found in anything that delights the senses, nourishes the soul, fires the imagination.

Motivation is an external, temporary high that PUSHES you forward. Inspiration is a sustainable internal glow which PULLS you forward.

In Catcher in the Rye , the protagonist Holden Caulfield mentions reading books that make him wish he could be friends with the author and be able to call him on the phone and so forth. I would consider a literary work that made someone feel this way a success. Furthermore, it's the only kind of success in literature that means anything to me.

might just as well ask how you knew how to do the things you did.

No poem ever bought a hamburger, or not too many.

Thoughts come clearly while one walks.