To me the Muses truly gave An envied and a happy lot: E'en when I lie within the grave, I cannot, shall not, be forgot.
When I was from Cupid's passions free, my Muse was mute and wrote no elegy.
My muse is an ungrateful harlot who’s abandoned me to actually come up with my own plots.
What is The Subconscious to every other man, in its creative aspect becomes, for writers, The Muse.
Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal.
The muses crown virtue when fortune refuses to do it.
With no companion but the constant Muse, Who sought me when I needed her ah, when Did I not need her, solitary else?
I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.
I often feel like the woman in your life is your driving force. She's your muse. She plays a big role in determining how confident you feel when you walk out the door. She can add 1,000 kilowatts of energy - or drain that out of you. She said, "No, you're not that funny. " I thought, She knows better than anyone.
I don't know if I've ever had a muse per se. I would say that the woman I'm inspired by exists more in my sketchbooks. She exists in my head.
I'm always resisting [my muse]. I'm resisting her power.
Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.
Pity! Religion has so seldom found A skilful guide into poetic ground! The flowers would spring where'er she deign'd to stray And every muse attend her in her way.
For too many centuries women have been being muses to artists. I wanted to be the muse, I wanted to be the wife of the artist, but I was really trying to avoid the final issue — that I had to do the job myself.
I don't really like the world 'muse. '
We knew when we started the Daily Muse, we wanted a recruiting-focused business model rather than an advertising-focused one. We felt like publishers were being forced to go to more and more extreme lengths to monetize through advertising.
I didn't see it as someone who worked as hard as I did. But now that Saint Laurent is part of history, it makes me a part of history, so, yes, finally it's not such a bad thing to have been a muse.
The muse on my shoulder is very sensitive and does not abide claptrap of any kind. . . Only when I am totally immersed. . . absorbed in work. . . does she allow something magical to happen and I become aware of a faint heartbeat and gentle breath emanating from my brush.
Men should never marry their muse. It ruins the illusion.
I didn't have time to be anyone's muse. . . I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist.