Henry Miller on Writing

by Henry Miller
United States
26 Dec 1891 // 7 Jun 1980
Writer

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Like every man I am my own worst enemy, but unlike most men I know too that I am my own saviour.

Henry Miller on Writing
The art of living involves the act of creation. The work of art is nothing. It is only the tangible, visible evidence of a way of life, which, if it is not crazy is certainly different from the accepted way of life... For the artist to attach himself to his work, or identify himself with it, is suicidal.

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