Quotes About Inspiration

Diaghilev thinks I have died for the art. I am more alive than ever.

Vaslav Nijinsky

She carried a thousand lights inside her heart, and a thousand lights carried her.

There is a certain 'niceness' to a friendship where I can be, as they say, myself. But what I really need are relationships in which I will be encouraged to become better than myself. Myself needs to grow a little each day. I don't want to be the myself I was yesterday. I want to be the myself that is developing each day to be more of a Christlike person.3

Charles Spurgeon once said: 'I looked at Christ, and the dove of peace flew into my heart. I looked at the dove, and it flew away.

Great thoughts come from the heart

Just like the falling rainbow Just like the stars in the sky Life should never feel small.

vedprakashdubey

I love design.

It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.

When anyone is critical of what I do, I'm just motivated by it. If someone says we're not good enough, then we just do better. If another tennis player says something negative, I say, "That girl will never beat me." We feed off the criticism.

At this time of the year it seems that everything ought to be creative, not destructive, and that we should encourage things to live and not die.

I think that films about faith made for faith-based communities have a certain tactic.

Honestly, I think a good film is spiritual, regardless of whether its subject is faith.

There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

It is interesting that we call something good a "dream," but being called a "dreamer" is somewhat of a putdown. Without dreamers, no dream would ever be given reality, and we would live in a very small and shallow world. If you are a secret dreamer, it's your time to announce yourself.

Have you ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with lack of sleep or hectic with mindless obligations and you about to rush off on an early adventure or business, but full of deep silence and absolute clarity of perception? A dawning which you truly observe, degree by degree. It is the most amazing moment of birth. And more than anything it can spur you to action. Have a burning day.

Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower.

Here's a funny question: What is your favorite word? Think about it—maybe it's a word that makes you absolutely happy, or a word that sounds gloriously beautiful, or a word that evokes awe and wonder. Maybe you are reminded of a great time when you hear it, or maybe it represents your life's dream. So, what is it? What is your favorite word of all words? Thought about it yet? Good. And now, think why .

Creativity is not so much a boundless well, but an all-you-can-eat buffet of elements for your creative endeavor. Eventually you've eaten your fill, and it's time to digest and then make something. But at some point, it will be time to return to the restaurant.

Strange dreams are better than no dreams at all.

A great ancient poet was blind. A great classical composer was deaf. Many of us are dumb. What have we to show for it?

I am happy. I have something to accomplish, create, and achieve. I am happy.

The other day, when I was deciding where to place a mountain range, how to make a river's flow detour around underground stalactite caves, and what precise color to give the sky at sunset, I realized I was God... or an artist and a writer.