inspiration
in·spi·ra·tion (in′spə rā′s̸hən)
noun
- a breathing in, as of air into the lungs; inhaling
- an inspiring or being inspired mentally or emotionally
- an inspiring influence; any stimulus to creative thought or action
- an inspired idea, action, etc.
- a prompting of something to be written or said
- Theol. a divine influence upon human beings, as that resulting in the writing of the Scriptures
Etymology: ME inspiracioun < OFr inspiration < LL inspiratio
inspiration
n.
Preposition: of
- spirit: Paul, under the inspiration of the Spirit, takes special care in enumerating them " first apostles; secondly prophets; thirdly teachers.
- poet: The information thus gathered was the material of the historian, and the inspiration of the poet.
Preposition: from
- landscape: Born and trained in Cheshire, he draws his inspiration from the many landscapes, changing skies and wildlife of the Orkney Islands.
Converse of object
- draw: In such times where from, do you draw the inspiration to go on?
- derive: Some British artists derived inspiration for their work from non-European art.
- seek: Others sought inspiration from the old masters, exotic or poetic subjects.
- provide: More recently the black pine provided inspiration for Philip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy.
- find: You may also find inspiration for a research topic in our list of past PhD Theses.
- prove: Yet my car crash was to prove the inspiration for my business.
Preposition: for
- addition: Fans of the dolls have actually become the inspiration for additions to the Groovy line, says Roger Bildsten, president of Manhattan Toy.
- artist: Great inspiration for the adventurous floral artist, with plenty of pictures of new ideas and techniques.
- poet: For those of a literary bent, this area has provided inspirations for the poets Thomas Gray, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
- painting: If ever you are looking for inspiration for a painting, you need go no further... ... ... ... .
- thousand: Instructors Alan Cameron-Duff and Annabel Fawcus apprenticed with Cob Cottage Company, the inspiration for thousands of natural builders around the world.
Adjective modifier
- divine: Her wisdom derived from Plato, Plotinus and divine inspiration.
- artistic: All these features make London a source of artistic inspiration.
- plenary: In this sense, we can have no objection to verbal or plenary inspiration.
- prophetic: The claim of John the Baptist to prophetic inspiration broke a silence that had lasted for more than three hundred years.
- biblical: The Holy Spirit and Illumination The death of John the Apostle brought to an end the period of Biblical inspiration.
- creative: Whilst Benjamin attempts to rediscover creative inspiration, Rashid embarks on a journey to find his real father.
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futuritycastsuponthepresent; thewordswhichexpress what they understand not; the trumpets which sing to battle, and feel not what they inspire; the influence which is moved not, but moves. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
My sole inspiration is a telephone call from a director.
All scripture isgiven by inspiration of God, and is profitable of doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.
I hate everything approaching temperamental inspiration,'sacred fire'and all those attributes of genius which serve only as cloaks for untidy minds.
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