It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one.

Chuck Palahniuk
About This Quote

It’s easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It’s a lot more difficult to perform one. This quote refers to the difficulties that people have in performing their actions and the work that they produce. The problem with this quote is that it is extremely vague. To be exact, what does “it” refer to? The act of creation? Or the performance of the act of creation? We can’t tell from this quote whether it is referring to the act or the performance.

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