Attitudes About Living a Creative Life
Devotion to the Work I've been sharing some of my favorite quotes from Elizabeth Gilbert's new book: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (2015). These quotes explore attitudes about doing the work: Measure your work by your dedication to your path. Focus on the devotion to my creative work. That is how to measure my worth. I only have control over my discipline. Just say what you want to say, then say it with all your heart. Write a book to entertain yourself, not to help someone else. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart. Work on your craft every day with steady discipline and love. Make absolutely whatever you want to make. It's nobody's business but your own. Write with the fealty of a holy pilgrim. Frustration is not an interruption of the process. Frustration is the process. Mere completion is an honorable achievement in its own right. What's more, it's a rare one. Rele...