"Inspiration exists but it has to find you working." Pablo Picasso

"You don't have to be a "person of influence" to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me." Scott Adams (Dilbert)

"The things we fear most in organizations--fluctuations, disturbances, imbalances--are the primary sources of creativity." Margaret J. Wheatley

"The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking. Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom." Albert Einstein

"The most potent muse of all is our own inner child." Stephen Nachmanovitch

"Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and peace." Ronald Reagan

"We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action." Frank Tibolt

“Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time. The approach must involve getting something down on the page: something good, mediocre or even bad. It is essential to the writing process that we unlearn all those seductive high school maxims about waiting for inspiration. The wait is simply too long.” Leonard S. Bernstein