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Quotes About Inspiration

I'm not the kind of guy who sits around at home and writes songs. Once in a while I'll pick up a guitar and noodle around, but it's rare.
~ Scott Ian
I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home -- within ourselves
~ Ann M. Martin
Steve Jobs was a digital pioneer, but when he went home, he listened to vinyl.
~ Neil Young
Played percussively, the piano is a bore. If I go to a concert and someone plays like that I have two choices: go home or go to sleep. The goal is to make the piano sing, sing, sing.
~ Vladimir Horowitz
Art hurts. Art urges voyages - and it is easier to stay at home.
~ Gwendolyn Brooks
The light that shines farthest shines brightest nearest home.
~ Charles Studd
I'm always in range of a microphone. I even have a studio at home.
~ Young Thug
All day long I add up columns of figures and make everything balanced. I come home. I sit down. I look at a Kandinsky and it's wonderful.
~ Solomon R. Guggenheim
Nothing happens when you sit at home. I always make it a point to carry a camera with me at all times...I just shoot at what interests me at that moment.
~ Elliott Erwitt
The artist I wanna be like is Michael Jackson. I'll get the house with the roller coaster and the rides and a disco, and I'll invite all my friends and just stay at home.
~ Lil' Kim
nothing decorates a home like books. There they are, waiting to decorate the mind, too!
~ Gladys Taber
The important thing is to take the bricklayer and make him understand that he's building a home, not just laying bricks.
~ Herb Kelleher
Novel writing wrecks homes.
~ C. S. Forester
Everywhere your eye travels in your home, it should land on something that resonates with you.
~ Nate Berkus
My brother brought home 'At San Quentin' when I was about 7, and we played it over and over again.
~ Chris Cornell
After a gig I get to the hotel all psyched-up from being on stage and get stuck into 'Homes and Interiors' magazine.
~ Gary Barlow
Often it feels like we are at a home match when we have so many fans there. The singing, the cheering helps the players. (on Chelsea playing on the road)
~ John Terry
Every movie I make. That's my hideout, the place I don't quite understand, but feel most at home.
~ Ang Lee
Books are the heart of any home, and I spend hours going through books for design inspiration.
~ Nate Berkus
When I have a day off, I won't spend it at a Hollywood party. I'd rather be at home with paints and a blank canvas.
~ Viggo Mortensen
The things surrounding you in your home serve as subliminal reminders of you who are.
~ Denise Linn
Poems aren't postcards to send home.
~ Anne Sexton
You can't go into the chef's office of any serious kitchen and not see a copy of Larousse. A must-have for professional and home cooks alike.
~ David Chang
Tanglewood [summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra] was a place where gods strode the earth.
~ Sarah Caldwell