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Quotes of the Day for 15 November 2004 - Inspiration

I had two requests for quotes on inspiration this weekend, and realized that I could probably use a little myself. Part of it, for me at least, is the season - I do better with more light and longer hours. Of course, we could all use a little extra inspiration at any time.

I could never tell where inspiration begins and impulse leaves off. I suppose the answer is in the outcome. If your hunch proves a good one, you were inspired; if it proves bad, you are guilty of yielding to thoughtless impulse.
     - Beryl Markham, 1902 - 1986

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised.
     - Christian Nestell Bovee, 1820 - 1904

The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.
     - Ernest Newman

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.
     - Giacomo Puccini, 1858 - 1924

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.
     - Peter De Vries, 1910 - 1993

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
     - Jack London, 1876 - 1916

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