“It seems to me that the less I fight my fear, the less it fights back. If I can relax, fear relaxes, too.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“But never delude yourself into believing that you require someone else’s blessing (or even their comprehension) in order to make your own creative work.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“Give your mind a job to do, or else it will find a job to do, and you might not like the job it invents.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.”
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“Whatever you do, try not to dwell too long on your failures. You don’t need to conduct autopsies on your disasters.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
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