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Quotes About Inspiration

I played lots of fantasy games. I would create these worlds, and I would believe in them.
~ Lana Parrilla
To dream alone is fantasy if it doesn't move the heart to act.
~ Dan B. Allender
Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea that inspires him the subject of his own very different treatment?
~ Franz Schubert
Fantasy isn't something you run out of.
~ Nancy Friday
Fashion is not about buying a second skin. Fashion is about having a fantasy.
~ Alber Elbaz
Dreams are not without meaning wherever they may come from — from fantasy, from the elements, or from another inspiration.
~ Paracelsus
There's a time and place for everything, and I believe it's called 'fan fiction'.
~ Joss Whedon
There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration.
~ Boris Vallejo
Creating fantasy is a very personal thing, but you can't take the process too personally.
~ Joseph Barbera
He who passes not his days in the realm of dreams is the slave of the days.
~ Khalil Gibran
I draw on my memories but blended with a lot of fantasy.
~ Bryan Adams
Sheer animated fantasy is still my first and deepest production impulse.
~ Walt Disney
Fantasy appeals to me and can be very much reflected in my dress - but then, each day is different. Not every day is a magical day.
~ Daphne Guinness
I absolutely adore working in the realms of fantasy.
~ Richard O'Brien
Prodigy only feeds on prodigy, fantasy on fantasy.
~ Domenico Gnoli
Dr. Seuss provided "ingenious and uniquely witty solutions to the standing problem of the juvenile fantasy writer: how to find, not another Alice, but another rabbit hole.
~ Clifton Fadiman
Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory
~ J. R. R. Tolkien
In every respect, fantasy is like doing abstract paintings.
~ Lance Henriksen
Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.
~ Antonio Tabucchi
Men of passion and vision are often seen as mad.
~ Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin
I am definitely interested in soundtracks that one might associate with fantasy or sci-fi - they tend to be rich with musical ideas.
~ John Maus
Fantasy allows you to get past defenses.
~ Elizabeth Moon
When I write I simply follow my heart. And my flights of fantasy. It is not done with a conscious effort. I'm continually inspired and write reflexively.
~ Elizabeth Kim
Most fantasy is incredibly derivative of Tolkien, so when you read a lot of fantasy, it's really just elves and gnomes, and it all goes back to Tolkien.
~ Unknown