Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them. – Henry David Thoreau
I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it’s often easier to find inspiration in misery. – Grant-Lee Phillips
I’m not a video brat. I don’t derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too. – Harmony Korine
Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man’s faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements. – Giacomo Puccini
Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself. – John Philip Sousa
I guess my inspiration is this – I like to pretend that every story that ever happened to ‘Batman’ was real and is part of this one guy’s life. – Grant Morrison
I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties. – Ina Garten
I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories. – Jim Davis
We are now on the threshold of a newer movement, with a newer hope and a new inspiration. – James Larkin
There is such a big chunk of me that is David Attenborough. I think he is my biggest inspiration. – Bjork
The University of Maryland was an inspiration for me, and the relationships I made there have lasted a lifetime. – Brendan Iribe
Let’s not judge. Let’s draw inspiration from each other’s stories – successes and failures – and realize we’re all connected. – Cory Booker
You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There’s only so much you can do with one record. – Beck
Certainly I think the election of John Kennedy and all he stood for was one that really was an inspiration. – Birch Bayh
I’d seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn’t use them necessarily as inspiration. – Colleen Atwood
All my stories take place on the West Coast – not the beach, but smaller inland towns. I feel homesick, and I find inspiration in capturing that. – Adrian Tomine