Quotes about Inspiration

This is precisely the time when artists go to work—not when everything is fine, but in times of dread. That's our job!" Toni Morrison

She told them that the only grace they could have was the grace they could imagine. That if they could not see it, they would not have it.

Clearing damp and gasping for breath. In the silence that followed, Baby Suggs, holy, offered up to them her great big heart. She did not tell them to clean up their lives or go and sin no more. She did not tell them they were the blessed of the earth, its inheriting meek or its glory bound pure. She told them that the only grace they could have was the grace they could imagine. That if they could not see it, they would not have it.

If there's a book you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

If you find a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

Being a black woman writer is not a shallow place but a rich place to write from. It doesn't limit my imagination; it expands it," Toni Morrison, who turns eighty-eight today

I don't wait to be struck by lightning and don't need certain slants of light in order to write.

I don't wait to be struck by lightning and don't need certain slants of light in order to write.

Give me the fingers of Mozart, and there is no musical piece I cannot play. Give me the mind of Einstein, and there is no mathematical formula I cannot unravel. Give me the arms of Hank Aaron, and there is no home run I cannot hit. Give me the life of Jesus Christ, and there is no victory I cannot achieve.

Let your words and actions be seasoned with encouragement so others are stronger after being with you.

God's Word is perfect, ever relevant, speaking to all issues, for all of life.

God's Word is perfect, ever relevant, speaking to all issues, for all of life.