Where do you get your ideas?

I have often been asked this question....sometimes one can get tongue tied if not used to this talking too much, however this is s very good sign, it shows that your making an impact and catching attention...it took me more than a year to get some recognition, and I learnt that interacting (networking) makes opportunity for new ideas to be born.....so get out there and stop sulking, because time will nat wait for you.....when you go out and you have in mind to learn something new in every way, you will be suprised to see how well your imagination will work...and slowly generate new ideas, for those of you who are new in the art world of designing it is always good to surf extensively and leave comments where appropriate...I found a very nice blog that had so many beautiful print patterns - printpattern.blogspot.com