#inspiration

There are really three parts to the creative process. First there is inspiration, then there is the execution, and finally there is the release. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#creative process #execution #finally #first #inspiration

I want people to be inspired that I've always strived for excellence and I've always gone beyond what anybody ever thought I could do, what I thought I myself could do. And I've allowed myself to be inspired, kept my eyes open and my senses open to inspiration around me. ↗

— Clara Hughes

#always #anybody #around #beyond #could

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#compliment #kiss #like #something #through

The worst part of success is trying to find someone who is happy for you. ↗

— Bette Midler

#happiness #humor #inspirational #jealousy #success

All this talk about inspiration and moment is nonsense. ↗

— M. F. Husain

#inspiration #moment #nonsense #talk

In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go? ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#inspirational #inspirational

I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.' ↗

— Muhammad Ali

#champion #every #hated #i #life

The faerie represent the beauty we don't see, or even choose to ignore. That's why I'll paint them in junkyards, or fluttering around a sleeping wino. No place or person is immune to spirit. Look hard enough, and everything has a story. Everybody is important."- Jilly Coppercorn ↗

— Charles de Lint

#inspirational #spirit #beauty

In the 1880s, people all over the world looked to America for inspiration. Its very existence was proof that it was possible to have a relatively free and peaceful country. No income tax, no foreign wars, no welfare state, no intrusions on civil liberties. ↗

— Harry Browne

#civil #civil liberties #country #existence #foreign

There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world -- its beauty, its mysteries, its riddles. The more you understand, the more you look, the greater is your enjoyment of life and your sense of peace. That's all there is to it. Everything else is fun and games. If an activity is not grounded in "to love" or "to learn" it does not have value. ↗

— Anne Rice

#learning #life #love #beauty