I’m inspired by looking at art, by looking at precedent. Looking is what you have to do if you want to make things, so you develop a critical eye.
To express your emotions, you have to be very loose and receptive. The unconscious will come to you if you have that gift that artists have. I only know if I’m inspired by the results.
I made a good living for a teenager. And I had to learn all different kinds of music – jazz, swing, Motown, pop – and that inspired what kind of music I started to write.
Fusion fashion – that’s what I’m inspired by, taking all these different cultures and then trying to put it together that a girl here would love to wear.
Once in a while I get inspired and finish my act with the hillbilly hoedown.
I remember being inspired myself when smaller films, whether it’s ‘Beasts’ or ‘Winter’s Bone,’ wound up in the Oscars lineup.
The influence of ‘Hidden Fortress’ comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The truth is, the only thing I was inspired by was the fact that it’s told from the point of view of two peasants, who get mixed up with a samurai and princess and a lot of very high-level people.
I started a lecture series that was inspired by my reporting on race in America. The ‘Black in America’ series launched on CNN in 2007 as an opportunity to freshen the national conversation on race.
I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I’m honored to be that way for young actors.
There are times when the writers ask us to improvise. Sometimes the animators are inspired by what you do, and sometimes you are inspired by what the animators do.
The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.
When I think about how I want to reach an audience, I just wanted to make pieces that were inspired by something that gave me so much pleasure.
I stumbled into this format for ‘Last Call with Carson Daly’ that I really like, inspired by cable and Dave Attell’s ‘Insomniac.’ I love being out on the street.
I’ve always wanted to make music like people write plays, so I was inspired by writers as much as musicians.
Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.
New York hip-hop inspired me a lot.
The events of the day inspired me to become a lawyer.
All my life, I’ve wanted to write a book inspired by my relationship with my grandfather. Basically, my grandfather was a guy who everybody in the family regarded as disagreeable at best. But I loved him intensely. He was wonderful to me.
I’ve always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.
I must thank my good friend Nigel Brennan. His strength of character in the midst of extreme hardship inspired me during the darkest days. Despite our separation, he always managed to find small ways to remind me that there are gentlemen in the world, even when I was surrounded by just the opposite.
It’s not really the job of a public servant to inspire, but to get the job that the people demand done. The Democrats think that if they have hope and are inspired, things will get better, but they actually won’t.
I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t inspired by ‘Star Wars.’
Oprah Winfrey’s global influence is unparalleled. Not only has her generosity and firm belief that education is the key to a better life benefited countless women and children around the world, but her example has also inspired millions of people to give back in ways big and small.
I want to create things while I have time on Earth, and the art of costume and culture has always inspired me.
The Panda mission really speaks to our philosophy. It is, ‘Deliver exceptional Asian dining experiences by building an organization where people are inspired to better their lives.’ I’m talking about everyone who works at Panda. They’re inspired to better their own lives.
I enjoy looking at old photos of some of my favorite rock icons, but also get inspired from the younger bands that are coming up and really creating their own style, their own image.
I’ve always enjoyed the enthusiasm of the best studio musicians and, over the years, have collected so many inspired contributions from them.
I’d always loved watching YouTube videos, and that’s what inspired me to make them myself. Initially I was drawn to makeup tutorials – I learned everything I know about makeup from YouTube.
Women call me all the time and tell me, ‘You inspired me to get out of a bad situation,’ or ‘You inspired me to take the reigns for myself and go and do this.’ I try to tell people to live their best life, and do what you know you need to do for yourself and your family. You need to be supported.
‘Cabin Fever’ was very much inspired by ‘The Thing.’ It’s really a perfect guy’s horror movie: There’s no love story, it’s just straight-up horror. And it’s so well-done. It moves at a slow pace, but it’s really terrific.
I’m always inspired to write, and it’s usually my own life experiences that inspire me.
There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principles and moral values will we be guided and inspired?
The return to the Organization of the United States of America, the bearers of a great and diversified democratic culture that has inspired many other peoples.
Kids are really inspired to not just apply senses to robots and machines, but to try them on themselves.
Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspired it, hoping for a white one, to wrapping presents. But mostly I love having family and friends gathered, and sharing traditions.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Every time in my life when I have chosen to delay following inspired counsel or decided that I was an exception, I came to know that I had put myself in harm’s way. Every time that I have listened to the counsel of prophets, felt it confirmed in prayer, and then followed it, I have found that I moved toward safety.
One of my favorite modern American authors is Denis Johnson. I’m deeply inspired by all of his work – I rip him off constantly.
I would like to say that I was inspired to write ‘Shiver’ by some overwhelming belief in true love, but here’s my true confession: I wrote ‘Shiver’ because I like to make people cry.
I am inspired by the likes of Steve Biko, Nelson Mandela, Princess Diana and those of their calibre. They understood fully what it means to be selfless and to stand for something.
I had teachers who I could tell didn’t want to be there. And I just couldn’t get inspired by someone who didn’t want to be there.
Some actors actually think about what they’re going to talk about during the interview – they read up and meditate and plan quotes and get all inspired. It’s very smart, but it’s so planned. I never think to do that.
I decided I was just going to sing the type of songs I gravitated toward and inspired me and moved me. I was going to let the people whose job it was to decide what places to put it, and let them do that. I’ll stick to the singing part.
I try to work out daily in the morning hours. This drives up energy levels dramatically. You’ll feel more inspired. And you’ll need less sleep.
College inspired me to think differently. It’s like no other time in your life.
The opulence and grandeur of a lot of period drama really helps you get into character and appreciate the luxury of good quality. If you’re fashion-minded in any way, you can’t help but be incredibly inspired and apply elements to your own style.
Intense study with Indian musicians such as Gaurav Majumdar and Zakir Hussain has inspired me to rethink my view of instrumental sound.
One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.
My whole thing was, as much as I was inspired by what my parents do, and growing up on film sets, watching that made me really want to do that. I am my own person, and I think that the only thing with the Hemingway name is that it has gotten me in the door.
Everything we release with Tool is inspired by our music.
I loved stories as a kid, both being read to me and enjoying on my own. All these stories inspired my imagination, and that’s what I have always aimed at doing for my readers: ignite their imaginations.
Everywhere I go, people ask me for photos and autographs, saying I inspired them to start training. Boris Johnson says his sons started boxing after seeing me – how cool is that?
I don’t actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I’m most often inspired while reading – both fiction and nonfiction.
I was inspired by lots of people, certainly in acting and in writing and stuff, but I never wanted to be somebody else.
But since her earliest days, America has inspired people from all over the world. Inspired them with the hope that one day their own countries would be one like this one.
I would love to be in a Nicholas Sparks movie. And Scarlett Johansson inspired me. I think it’s cool when women are able to kick butt.
Although I believe that scripture is divinely inspired and infallible, I have a hard time going along with the belief that the whole creation process occurred in six twenty-four hour days.
