Quotes About Inspiration

You know you've been writing from the heart when, in the midst of a story, you ask, 'What would my mother think of this?

A writer's downfall is chasing the marketplace. Doing that, you only see it's rear end. Write from the heart, not for the market.

Don't think. Imagine. Imagination is the firebed of a novel

When you really get down to it, good writing (or good art of any kind) taps deeply into feelings more than anything else.

A good novel is like a fairy tale, a movie, a play, a jazz piece & a symphony resonating in the mind, each in its own way.

I don't like this idea of Method. I come from that school, but what I was taught was that it's your imagination. You do your homework, and you use your imagination.

My writing is how I maintain.

She knew that it was better to have a dream and pay a price for it than to be lukewarm. - regarding St. Teresa of Avila

She fell upward into brilliance, where all suffering was released.

Good leaders make heroes of others.

Influence and inspiration come from the person, not the position.

You don't need a title to be a leader in life. And the simple fact of having a title won't make you a leader.

Genuine leaders make things better not just for themselves but for others, whether or not their contribution results in financial reward or popular recognition. (...) most people I think of leaders are untitled (...) they achieve greatness by working quietly in their organizations and communities, in their own lives, and in helping those around them.

Stop counting crayons, just draw pictures.

integral yoga aims at "opening the springs of creative inspiration hidden in the human psyche" and the "active participation

yoga teachers B. K. S. Iyengar, Pattabhi Jois, and T. K. V. Desikachar.

One of the best things about paintings is their silence — which prompts reflection and random reverie.

If a man finishes a poem,he shall bathe in the blank wake of his passionand be kissed by white paper.

A life is not sufficiently elevated for poetry, unless, of course, the life has been made into an art.

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

And at least in poetry you should feel free to lie. That is, not to lie, but to imagine what you want, to follow the direction of the poem.

Tell me, you people out there, what is poetry anyway? Can anyone die without even a little?

There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry.

Ethan was inspired by Jerry Mander's 1991 polemic In the Absence of the Sacred