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One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.

— Charles de Lint

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Muse is going to be part of everyday life as an indispensable tool helping people overcome mental, physical and emotional barriers. It's going to allow us to free ourselves in ways we never thought possible.

— Ariel Garten

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

— Amy Tan

Art doesn't spring from the muses alone, but from hard work.

— Tom Rachman

Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.

— Eliza Farnham

The muses visit when I'm lonely.

— Taylor Hicks

The biggest mistake you can make is assuming that creativity will hit you all at once and the muse will carry you to the end of the book on feather wings while 'Foster the People' plays gently in the background. Storytelling is work. Pleasurable work, usually, but it is work.

— Maggie Stiefvater

One of the benefits of having an audience is that it requires a regimen, a need to create on a regular basis. I don't believe in waiting for the muse to visit.

— Keri Smith

My muse changes all the time because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way - they just don't want to say it.

— Donatella Versace

✗Opposing Perspectives

For hundreds of years people have talked about artists having inspiration, but often, some persons would say, write us a symphony or write us a song, on commission. The artists would come up with a masterpiece without waiting to have their muse inspire them.

— Tom Glazer

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