Quotes About Inspiration

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste.

You think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attendance upon my old age; They were not such a plague when I was young; What else have I to spur me into song?

There sit the sainted sage, the bard divine, The few, whom genius gave to shine Through every unborn age, and undiscovered clime.

In movies, I hope women aren't always portrayed as sex symbols. People like Drew Barrymore are paving the way for girls my age. Hopefully I can pave the way for young actresses, too.

The fact that poetry is not of the slightest economic or political importance, that is has no attachment to any of the powers that control the modern world, may set it free to do the only thing that in this age it can do -to keep the neglected parts.

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis.

In old age, one should do something monumental.

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

Photography suits the temper of this age -- of active bodies and minds. It is a perfect medium for one whose mind is teeming with ideas, imagery, for a prolific worker who would be slowed down by painting or sculpting, for one who sees quickly and acts decisively, accurately.

Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.

Whatever good there is in small boys is usually based upon their admiration for girls of their own age.

Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.

It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.

Explore your mind, discover yourself, then give the best that is in you to your age and to your world. There are heroic possibilities waiting to be discovered in every person.

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.

Very few people do anything creative after the age of thirty-five. The reason is that very few people do anything creative before the age of thirty-five.

There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always waiting for its poet.

We are not limited by our old age; we are liberated by it.