Inspiration Quotes
The spark that starts everything. Words that have launched movements, careers, and quiet revolutions.
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"I consider myself a prophet."William S. Burroughs
"Every person is a potential masterpiece."Saul Bellow
"Inspiration strikes the prepared mind."Joseph Heller
"Inspiration without perspiration is just daydreaming."Joseph Heller
"One should pursue the extraordinary."Norman Mailer
"Ginsberg equals poetry equals freedom"Allen Ginsberg
"Inspiration strikes those who are ready for it."Joseph Heller
"I have nothing to declare except my genius."William S. Burroughs
"The best inspiration comes from living fully."William S. Burroughs
"Inspiration is 10% divine gift and 90% disciplined practice."Norman Mailer
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked"Allen Ginsberg
"Every man has within him the seeds of greatness"Allen Ginsberg
"The purpose of writing is to change the world."William S. Burroughs
"Inspiration is the collision of ideas."William S. Burroughs
"Make it real."William Carlos Williams
"Inspiration strikes when we least expect it."William Carlos Williams
"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live."Jack Kerouac
"Inspiration doesn't wait for you to be ready."Jack Kerouac
"Inspiration is the whisper of the universe."Hart Crane
"Inspiration is divine spark."Hart Crane
"My great-grandfather did not travel the world to see that I would waste my life."Kurt Vonnegut
"The universe speaks to us through small moments of unexpected grace."William Carlos Williams
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked"Allen Ginsberg
"Inspiration is recognizing the extraordinary in the ordinary"Allen Ginsberg
"The poem refreshes life so that we share, for a moment, the first idea."Wallace Stevens
"The poem is the cry of its occasion."Wallace Stevens
"The only people for me are the mad ones, those who are mad to live."Jack Kerouac
"I want to live a life that echoes in eternity."Jack Kerouac
"Ecstasy affords the occasion."Marianne Moore
"One must be daring in the face of mediocrity."Hart Crane