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by Steven Pressfield, 2002
Who uses, recommends or left The War of Art, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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Before I start any book project, I take a few hours and re-read The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, maybe the greatest book ever written on the creative process.
The 'More…' section of Holiday's 2022 best-books roundup.
2022-12-10·ryanholiday.net ↗
Have you experienced a vision of the person you might become, the work you could accomplish, the realized being you were meant to be? Are you a writer who doesn’t write, a painter who doesn’t paint, an entrepreneur who never starts a venture? Then you know what “Resistance” is. This book is about that. Read it.
Rated 10/10 on his public book-notes list.
2012-01-05·sive.rs ↗
An interesting idea with good potential — resistance as a somewhat material force that manifests itself as procrastination and other phenomena — leading to nowhere. This book was so promising in the beginning, and utterly underwhelming throughout.
On his public bookshelf, with his comment.
2026-08-16·rakhim.org ↗
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