The Muses are the Greek goddesses who preside over the arts and sciences and inspire those who excel at these pursuits. Daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne ("memory"), they were born at Pieria at the foot of Mount
Olympus. Their nurse, Eupheme, raised them along with her son, Crotus the hunter, who was transported into the sky as Sagittarius upon his death.
Etymology
Their name (akin to the Latin 'mens' and English 'mind') denotes 'memory' or 'a reminder', since in the earliest times poets, having no books to read from, relied on their memories.
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Famous Muses
Kiki of Montparnasse, Model, Muse to Man Ray, Jean Cocteau, Moise Kisling, Maurice Utrillo, Max Ernst and Pablo Gargallo
Alma Mahler Muse to Gustav Klimt, Gustav Mahler, Oskar Kokoschka, Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel
Lee Miller, Photographer, Muse to Man Ray
Marianne Faithfull, Musician, Rock Muse
Zelda Fitzgerald, Author, Muse to Scott Fitzgerald George Sand, Novelist, the Muse of Adultery and Muse to Chopin and Alfred de Musset
Anais Nin, Author, Muse to Henry Miller
Amanda Lear, Singer, Muse to Salvador Dali
Cathérine Deneuve, Actress, Muse to Bunuel, André Téchiné and Yves Saint Laurent
Camille Claudel, Sculptor, Muse to Rodin
Alice B. Toklas, Author, Muse to Gertrude Stein and the Lesbian movement Leonora Carrington, Artist, Muse to Max Ernst Jeanne Hebuterne, Model and Painter, Muse to Modigliani
Loulou de la Falaise, Designer, Muse to Yves Saint Laurent Dora Maar, Writer, Muse to Picasso
What is a "fashion muse, and how can I become one?[...]
