“What we call inspiration in poetry is usually a visitation of words and rhythms rather than ideas.”
Dennis O'Driscoll (1954–2012) Irish poet, critic
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“Inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it.”
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother (1974), p. 143
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American writer 1918–2007Related quotes
“…conditioning usually reinforces instinct rather than overrides it.”
Matt Ridley (1958) economist
Source: The Red Queen (1993), Ch. 6
“One had better not rush, otherwise dung comes out rather than creative work.”
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician
Letter to A.S. Suvorin (August 18, 1891)
Letters
Michel De Montaigne (1533–1592) (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman
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“Usually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance.”
Sydney J. Harris (1917–1986) American journalist
"Hate Is Rarely a Personal Matter"
The Best of Sydney J. Harris (1975)
Context: Usually, if we hate, it is the shadow of the person that we hate, rather than the substance. We may hate a person because he reminds us of someone we feared and disliked when younger; or because we see in him some gross caricature of what we find repugnant in ourself; or because he symbolizes an attitude that seems to threaten us.
Laura Penny (1975) Canadian journalist
Source: More Money than Brains (2010), Chapter Five, Bully vs. Nerd, p. 168
“Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work.”
Phillips Brooks (1835–1893) American clergyman and author
Literature and Life, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
Context: Life comes before literature, as the material always comes before the work. The hills are full of marble before the world blooms with statues.