Edna St. Vincent Millay on inspiration

My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends⁠—
It gives a lovely light!

I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
I only know that summer sang in me
A little while, that in me sings no more.

We were very tired, we were very merry⁠—
We had gone back and forth all night on the ferry.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it, we go nowhere.

Carl Sagan1934–1996Cosmos (1980), p. 4

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your inspiration with others.

Robert Louis Stevenson1850–1894

• Fear

Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.

Pablo Picasso1881–1973

• Work