Ken Loach

'He stayed outside the establishment cliques, and I think that if you're any kind of artist in whatever kind of medium, whether it's painting or writing or theatre or film, you have no place in the establishment cliques. You have to be an outsider.'

Ken Loach speaking on influence of 18th-century satirical painter William Hogarth on his work.

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/video/2013/nov/28/ken-loach-how-william-hogarth-inspired-riff-raff-video 

Brenda Ueland

"Why should we all use our creative power ... ? Because there is nothing that makes people so generous, joyful, lively, bold and compassionate, so indifferent to fighting and the accumulation of objects and money."

Brenda Ueland wrote the book "If You Want to Write" more than 75 years ago. In it she sanctions aimless wandering walking and staring out the window as work for the writer. 

https://www.graywolfpress.org/author-list/brenda-ueland