Quotes About Inspiration

My parents always stressed finding some sort of creative outlet, so they would take me to dance classes, take me to jazz clubs.

SoulCycle - When I'm stressed or feeling down, it always turns me around.

I worked under Jose Mourinho, a manager who taught me new things and stressed I should believe in myself.

Writing about Jerusalem was very stressful; every word counts.

Any kind of creative activity is likely to be stressful. The more anxiety, the more you feel that you are headed in the right direction. Easiness, relaxation, comfort - these are not conditions that usually accompany serious work.

It's a fun job, but it's stressful because you have to be funny. You have to have punch lines and captions. Be funny now! And if you're not inspired, they don't care - be funny now! They have to fill that hole the next day.

The machine of awards season is very stressful. But this is the Oscars! It's your peers, your heroes, people you admire, the people who inspired you to get into this work in the first place. It's a pretty overwhelming feeling when you think about it.

It's a weird business. You're trying to write something that's built on magic, which is pretty stressful.

It's always stressful working on a new piece, but it concentrates the energy.

I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.

Often my best work comes from somebody trying to stretch me in a direction that I wouldn't normally want to go in. It's not something I fight at all.

Can someone do music for 24 hours at a stretch and never get tired? It's me. Because I don't 'work'. I enjoy what am doing. It's not like a regular job.

I always knew I couldn't sing, but I also knew I had a voice that isn't heard by many, and that I could learn how to stretch it and make songs sound good.

I try and open a few doors to the mind, encourage people to embrace change and to stretch their capabilities.

The music that I make, the younger musicians are referring to it as 'stretch' music.

I do think that there are certain parts, if you are lucky enough to play them, that are bigger than you, and they stretch you. I don't think you become a bigger person, but you develop certain muscles you didn't have before.

I think picture books should stretch children. I think they should be full of wonderful, amazing words.

I really am having the time of my life. But as far as my future goes, I want to stretch myself as an actor in a way that Jake Gyllenhaal, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Meryl Streep do.

We went through a nice stretch of big guys. But soon, everyone is going to realize that there's only one Steph Curry.

My job is not to make decisions but to set stretch objectives and help our managers work out how to reach them.

For me, I am really interested in how I can stretch myself to produce things. If, in the process, others take note and recognise that, then wonderful.

Everything starts with what's on the page, what a writer has come up with. And whether it is a big studio film or independent film, is the story being well told? Is it interesting? Is the character interesting? And is there something about the character that may stretch me?

I'm proud of my stretch marks. For so long in my life, I thought those were things I needed to hide or things that made me imperfect, and I came to realize that those are the qualities that made me unique.

I like to write, but being a busy mother, it is difficult to sit down and write at a stretch.