Ray Bradbury Quotes

My capacity for wanting to create has never faltered. If anything, it's gained momentum.

Find the passion. It takes great passion and great energy to do anything creative. I would go so far as to say you can't do it without that passion.

The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work.

When I work with young people, I grab energy from them by the handsful.

Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.

I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it.

There are times when I've inhaled my work. There are artworks still inside of me.

I feel fiery in my life. I feel fiery in my art.

It's about passion, and if somebody is passionate about a development deal, they're going to get it made.

It is very important for an artiste to be excited about her work in every phase of her career. If a tiredness seeps into one's attitude, it will show in the quality of one's work.

Life is all about energy and passion and living it.

Music has always been a matter of energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel.

You can do films for the fun of it, or the thrill of it, but certain films you can't do unless there's something driving you, something you have a passion for that will pull you through.

Everything good proceeds from enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm gives life to what is invisible; and interest to what has no immediate action on our comfort in this world.

I can get inspired just off the energy of Soulja Boy, just his energy, you have to take something from an artist. Everyone may not look at an artist the same way, but it's something that artist is doing that's creating his success.

The first thing a writer should be is - excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms. Without such vigor, he might as well be out picking peaches or digging ditches; God knows it'd be better for his health.

That evidence of the spirit of life is what makes me get out of bed in the morning.

To feed your Muse, then, you should always have been hungry about life since you were a child. If not, it is a little late to start.

Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all that you do. It tones up your physical vitality and gives warmth to all your personal relationships. When you associate with enthusiasm long enough it grabs you and takes over within you.

If you are not getting as much from life as you want to, then examine the state of your enthusiasm.

Youth and what the Italians so prettily call stamina. The vigor, the fire, that enables you to love and create. When you've lost that, you've lost everything.

Without zest, what is life? Just waiting for death? It can't be anything else. Only with zest do you live; otherwise you vegetate.

Let us beware of losing our enthusiasms. Let us ever glory in something, and strive to retain our admiration for all that would ennoble, and our interest in all that would enrich and beautify our life.

Enthusiasm is the power that transfers the mental blueprint into the physical dimension.