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Quotes About Inspiration

It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.
~ Unknown
buzz in his head was wonderfully liberating,
~ Clifford Irving
I know you read very widely. Almost like cultural foraging.
~ Clifford Ross
Curiosity is the light in the darkness.
~ Clifford Thurlow
No one knows why we do it and when we've done it rarely does anyone want it. Yet still we do it. That's what being a writer is.
~ Clifford Thurlow
Writing is the enjoyable part of writing. It's all the rest that drives you mad.
~ Clifford Thurlow
Unless you must write a book, you mustn't.
~ Clifford Thurlow
Artists often feel sad without knowing why.
~ Clifford Thurlow
Writing is a virus once caught never to be cured.
~ Clifford Thurlow
A teacher can't teach you how to write. What a teacher can do is show a writer how not to write.
~ Clifford Thurlow
To use a sculptural metaphor, the great novel, essay, biography is imprisoned inside a block of marble and the writer must chip away with a tiny chisel until the exquisite appears
~ Clifford Thurlow
Five personalities were being selected to serve in a public office: a politician, a philanthropist, a doctor, a teacher and a farmer. The first four know their plans in life while the last one is living without many plans. The farmer won by election. It is because the farmer wants to do more than what others have already done.
~ Unknown
Seniors are the most courageous people of all ages. They deserve the highest respect without asking for it.
~ Unknown
We believe in the living spirit and good deeds of heroes, not in their mistakes.
~ Unknown
Anything that glows in the dark can be a silhouette of hope for mankind.
~ Unknown
Anything that glows in the dark can be a silhoutte of hope for mankind.
~ Unknown
Behind every mountain where the sun hides and comes out, a glimpse of hope flashes on everyone.
~ Unknown
Every sunrise will give the illumination in any man's hope what the moonlight cannot provide.
~ Unknown
Everyone wants to be a good example to everybody. If you can't be one, at least try not to be a disgrace to humanity.
~ Unknown
So many people dream a lot, pray a lot and ask a lot for upliftment... but not for wisdom.
~ Unknown
We do not stop dreaming until we cease believing in the power of imagination.
~ Unknown
You are a poet in your own right. Just free your mind and unleash the goodness in your heart to prove the hallmark of human talent and purpose.
~ Unknown
The essence of writing is enkindled by the heart and soul of the thinker.
~ Unknown
We prefer to think that the absence of inverted commas guarantees the originality of a thought, whereas it may be merely that the utterer has forgotten its source.
~ Clifton Fadiman