• "There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration." - Boris Vallejo Tweet
• "Just what future the Designer of the universe has provided for the souls of men I do not know, I cannot prove. But I find that the whole order of Nature confirms my confidence that, if it is not like our noblest hopes and dreams, it will transcend them." - Henry Norris Russell Tweet
• "Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell." - Bill Copeland Tweet
• "'Star Wars' is fun, its exciting, its inspirational, and people respond to that. It's what they want." - George Lucas Tweet
• "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller Tweet
• "Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven." - Henry Ward Beecher Tweet
• "I am deliberate and afraid of nothing." - Audre Lorde Tweet
• "If it were not for hopes, the heart would break." - Thomas Fuller Tweet
• "I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing." - Carol Ann Duffy Tweet
• "I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies." - James Iha Tweet