Inspiration Quotations
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| Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self- consciousness. | |||
| - Aaron Copland | |||
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| Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration. | |||
| - Thomas Alva Edison | |||
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| You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. | |||
| - Jack London | |||
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| I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled [poets] to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean. | |||
| - Socrates | |||
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| We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action. | |||
| - Frank Tibolt | |||