The phrase "inspiration derived from" is correct and it can be used in written English.
It is usually used to describe something being inspired by an idea or person. For example, "The movie was an inspiration derived from the author's own life experiences."
Much of the study's inspiration derived from Zahrt's experience when she arrived at Stanford.
His fondest memories of campus life include the inspiration derived from Bob Milano, the Cal baseball coach.
The remnants of ancient works restored and preserved at archaeological sites, while reflecting Indian influences, also bear testimony to the inspiration derived from Buddhism.
With her inspiration derived from English culture, from punk to pony club, the results combined Sloaney pie-crust collars, shirt dresses and equestrian quilted jackets with pieces that looked like they'd been borrowed from the boyfriend.
For this satirical comedy, Theresa Rebeck's inspiration derived from reality (actual, not televised) when, in the summer of 2000, Julie Chen, a CBS News morning co-anchor, took a second job as the host of the reality show "Big Brother".
The Punishment Due" finds its thematic inspiration derived from the Northern Ireland conflict, in which the largely Catholic nationalist community were in conflict with the mainly Protestant loyalist community over the sovereignty of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
Its inspiration derives from the historian Dio Cassius, who reported how, in the reign of Domitian, "some persons made a business of smearing needles with poison and then pricking with them whomsoever they would".
Her inspiration derives from observations of daily life and how technology has become intertwined into our everyday actions.
"My love for portraits and my constant inspiration deriving from the faces of the people who surround me aim in creating artworks not only to resemble their facial characteristics but to reveal the person's state of mind, mood and feelings at that specific moment of time".
