Top Inspiration Quotes
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Thomas A. Edison
The book is there for inspiration and as a foundation, the fundamentals on which to build.
Thomas Keller
I defied nothing at all. I ignored the law because I didn't know it existed. It didn't occur to me that anyone would want to curb my inspiration.
Margaret Anderson
Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
Madeleine Stowe
If somebody asked me about my inspiration I would say that it's not the peopleand it's not the things, it's travel and experiencing different environments.
Marc Newson
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If you can't find your inspiration by walking around the block one time, go around two blocks-but never three.
Robert Motherwell 
39% of people like this quote
He grows daily more capable of following any inspiration without technical effort, and also of letting inspiration come to him through meticulous observation.
Eugen Herrigel
39% of people like this quote
Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.
Madeleine L'Engle
38% of people like this quote
I would like to be called an inspiration to people, not a role model - because I make mistakes like everybody else. When I'm offstage, I'm just like everybody else.
Britney Spears
38% of people like this quote
When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!
Judy Collins
37% of people like this quote
You have to shelve a lot of your inspiration. There's only so much you can do with one record.
Beck
34% of people like this quote
It was a very emotional dinner... Everyone shared personal stories about her and gave her words of encouragement and inspiration. Everyone tried to remain positive.
Lil' Kim
34% of people like this quote
Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration.
James Connolly
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