Inspiration far more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of the artist is to listen to the work and to where it tells him to go.*
Madeleine L’Engle

Inspiration is for amateurs.  The rest of us just show up and get to work.**
Chuck Close

Wouldn’t it be great to be
caught up in something inspiring,
And we can –
All we have to do it
turn up, be full alert, and
put in the work.

*Madeleine L’Engle’s Walking On Water;
**Mason Currey’s Daily Rituals.