44 Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert about creativity
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He didn't quit his day job to follow his dream; he just folded his dream into his everyday life.
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A good-enough novel violently written now is better than a perfect novel meticulously written never.
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Intracranial jewelry-making! What a cool job! That's basically what we all do--all of us who spend our days making and doing interesting things for no particularly rational reason.
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You may want your work to be perfect, in other words; I just want mine to be finished.
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You may spend your whole life following your curiosity and have absolutely nothing to show for it at the end except one thing. You will have the satisfaction of knowing that you passed your entire existence in devotion to the noble human virtue of inquisitiveness.
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The essential ingredients for creativity remain exactly the same for everybody: courage, enchantment, permission, persistence, trust — and those elements are universally accessible.
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I made a decision a long time ago that if I want creativity in my life—and I do—then I will have to make space for fear, too.
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Most of all, be ready. Keep your eyes open. Listen. Follow your curiosity. Ask questions. Sniff around. Remain open. Trust in the miraculous truth that new and marvelous ideas are looking for human collaborators every single day. Ideas of every kind are constantly galloping toward us, constantly passing through us, constantly trying to get our attention.
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I also want to live the most vividly decorated temporary life that I can. I don't just mean physically; I mean emotionally, spiritually, intellectually.
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