The peacock has become one of my regular sources of inspiration from nature.
There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.
I tend to look way back for my inspiration: H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allen Poe.
What is he? He's a puppeteer and he's got a lot of inspiration all around him, and the fact that they can manipulate the expressions now with ease compared to what it used to be.
Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.
I actually think looking to the past for inspiration is pretty redundant.
Periodically, I return to the classics for inspiration and refreshment.
Human requirements are the inspiration for art.
Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation.
Saxon, if you are unfamiliar, is a British heavy-metal band that has been around since the mid-'70s and was in no small part the inspiration for Spinal Tap.
I know the first female astronauts selected were definitely an inspiration to me, and so maybe I will be a role model.
To be under occupation, to be under siege, is not a good inspiration for poetry.
I draw inspiration from my life, and, honestly, a lot of my religious beliefs have stemmed into my music.
The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.
I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
People tell me I'm their idol and a huge inspiration - that's really surreal.
I travel the garden of music, thru inspiration. It's a large, very large garden, seen?
Every champion golfer comes to Augusta imbued with a towering source of inspiration. It's a solitary journey, but it's one that no player... makes alone.
I need an inspiration that is grounded in reality while thoroughly transcendent.
My inspiration is R. Kelly, Michael Jackson, and Prince - for the vocals, anyway.