13 Moments from #BigMagic that Resonated

Very often when people tell m that I just ‘have; to read a book it often makes me not want to and whilst I understand how absurd that sounds, these thing are often over hyped and that is the only reason why I will avoid it. I was however most excited to read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, I enjoy her writing anyway and just knew that this would be my cup of tea. I loved it, I knew I would, and I have since read it again. These were 13 key quotes which really spoke to me.

  • “Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.”
  • “Be the weirdo who dares to enjoy.”
  • “A creative life is an amplified life. It’s a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life. Living in this manner—continually and stubbornly bringing forth the jewels that are hidden within you—is a fine art, in and of itself.”
  • “But to yell at your creativity, saying, “You must earn money for me!” is sort of like yelling at a cat; it has no idea what you’re talking about, and all you’re doing is scaring it away, because you’re making really loud noises and your face looks weird when you do that”
  • “Argue for your limitations and you get to keep them.”
  • “I think perfectionism is just fear in fancy shoes and a mink coat, pretending to be elegant when actually it’s just terrified. Because underneath that shiny veneer, perfectionism is nothing more that a deep existential angst the says, again and again, ‘I am not good enough and I will never be good enough.”
  • “creative entitlement simply means believing that you are allowed to be here, and that—merely by being here—you are allowed to have a voice and a vision of your own.”
  • “You can clear out whatever obstacles are preventing you from living your most creative life, with the simple understanding that whatever is bad for you is probably also bad for your work.”
  • “creative entitlement simply means believing that you are allowed to be here, and that—merely by being here—you are allowed to have a voice and a vision of your own.”
  • “If you’re alive, you’re a creative person.”
  • “living a life that is driven more strongly by curiosity than by fear.”
  • “Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart. The rest of it will take care of itself.”

And finally, I think my favorite quote from the book which just goes to answer those concerns which people have of not being the first to do something…

“It might have been done before, but it hasn’t been done by you!”

Have you read the book yet? What did you make of it? Let me know in the comments section below, I can wait to hear what your fave quotes were.