Muses

Famous quotes containing the word muses:

“The Muses inspire art and pretend not to notice when Mammon buys it.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“here I ame in Kent and Christendome
Emong the muses where I rede and ryme;”
—Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503?–1542)

“For, whom the Muses smile upon,
And touch with soft persuasion,
His words like a storm-wind can bring
Terror and beauty on their wing;
In his every syllable
Lurketh nature veritable.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)