Rich Mullins on where his songs come from:

My songs are not particularly inspired. The Scriptures were inspired; my songs are provoked.

I love this idea of songs, or any art, being provoked from us. When I encounter the reality of God's grandeur, what is provoked out of me? Songs, poetry... love? I hope for more of all of the above.

"The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention."

– Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way

George MacDonald on inspiration. You can't control when it happens, but through silence and stillness you can practice being ready to meet it when it arrives. It's like waiting for the stars to show themselves.

“Weary or bitter or bewildered as we may be, God is faithful. He lets us wander so we will know what it means to come home.”

– Marilynne Robinson, Home