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Julia Cameron Quotes | Quotes said by Julia Cameron

  • Julia Cameron Quote #1

    A career must be husbanded. Care must be taken. Everyday must bring some small bit of progress. How would an artist with any self-worth act? Act that way.


  • Julia Cameron Quote #2

    A God Jar is anything you wish it to be, in which you can put your wishes, dreams, problems, prayers. You may want to think of it as a spiritual mailbox.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #3

    And why are we supposed to be serious about God? Did God show up and crack the whip? “You there, Annie in Ohio, I see you laughing a lot and frankly it really pisses Me off . . . “ (50)

  • Julia Cameron Quote #4

    Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #5

    Art is an act of the soul, not the intellect. When we are dealing with people's dreams - their visions, really - we are in the realm of the sacred. We are involved with forces and energies larger than our own. We are engaged in a sacred transaction of which we know only a little: the shadow, not the shape.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #6

    Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite -- getting something down.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #7

    Art used to be made in the name of faith. We made cathedrals, we made stained-glass windows, we made murals.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #8

    Artists and intellectuals are not he same animal. This causes a great deal of confusion. Our schools teach educate us intellectually but not artistically. We learn to deconstruct art, not construct it.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #9

    Basic Principles:

    1. Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.

    2. There is an underlying, in-dwelling creative force infusing all of life -- including ourselves.

    3. When we open ourselves to our creativity, we open ourselves to the creator's creativity within us and our lives.

    4. We are, ourselves, creations. And we, in turn, are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves.

    5. Creativity is God's gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.

    6. The refusal to be creative is self-will and is counter to our true nature.

    7. When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity, we open ourselves to God: good orderly direction.

    8. As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected.

    9. It is safe to open ourselves up to greater and greater creativity.

    10. Our creative dreams and yearnings come from a divine source. As we move toward our dreams, we move toward our divinity.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #10

    Being in the mood to write, like being in the mood to make love, is a luxury that isn't necessary in a long-term relationship. Just as the first caress can lead to a change of heart, the first sentence, however tentative and awkward, can lead to a desire to go just a little further.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #11

    Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness

  • Julia Cameron Quote #12

    Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #13

    Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #14

    Creativity occurs in the moment, and in the moment we are timeless.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #15

    Doing it all the time, whether or not we are in the mood, gives us ownership of our writing ability. It takes it out of the realm of conjuring where we stand on the rock of isolation, begging the winds for inspiration, and it makes it something as do-able as picking up a hammer and pounding a nail. Writing may be an art, but it is certainly a craft. It is a simple and workable thing that can be as steady and reliable as a chore—does that ruin the romance?

  • Julia Cameron Quote #16

    Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #17

    Faith is almost the bottom line of creativity; it requires a leap of faith any time we undertake a creative endeavor, whether this is going to the easel, or the page, or onto the stage - or for that matter, in a homelier way, picking out the right fabric for the kitchen curtains, which is also a creative act.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #18

    Far from making me feel different and special, my [spiritual] experiences made me feel the same, ordinary, and interconnected. If I felt more spiritual, everyone else felt more spiritual as well. (276)

  • Julia Cameron Quote #19

    Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too little solitude can impact faith. For that matter, so can a bout of hunger or overwork, anything carried to an extreme. Faith thrives on routine. Look at any monastery and you will see that. Faith keeps on keeping on.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #20

    For most people, creativity is a serious business. They forget the telling phrase 'the play of ideas' and think that they need to knuckle down and work more. Often, the reverse is true. They need to play.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #21

    God does not give us more than we can handle, I am told but I wonder if God doesn't overestimate me just a little. Or perhaps, and this is likely, I underestimate God.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #22

    I always start everything with the weather, because the weather is the first thing that I notice when I wake up in the morning.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #23

    I ask to be made beautiful like the trees are beautiful, each growing according to a unique plan. Lop off a limb and and the tree will accommodate it's loss, still growing and still beautiful. It is my hope to be able to flourish in a similar fashion, taking on the shape and dimensions that is intended for me.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #24

    I believe that the 'dark night of the soul' is a common spiritual experience. I believe, too, that the answer is continued seeking and perseverance. It helps to know that others have endured a loss of faith.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #25

    I believe that what we want to write wants to be written

  • Julia Cameron Quote #26

    I started writing morning pages just to keep my hand in, you know, just because I was a writer and I didn't know what else to do but write. And then one day as I was writing, a character came sort of strolling in and I realized, Oh my God, I don't have to be just a screenwriter. I can write novels.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #27

    I think that 'Floor Sample' is a story of resiliency, a lifelong spiritual search, and a lifelong sense of spiritual companionship that is most often expressed as creativity. My desire in writing the book was to step from behind the icon of 'Julia the teacher' and introduce 'Julia the artist.'

  • Julia Cameron Quote #28

    If we are interested in a writing life - as opposed to a writing career - then we are in it for the process and not the product - for the body of work and not for the quick hit of one well-realised piece.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #29

    If we have plain old ordinary fear then we are within reach of a solution. Fear has been with humankind for millennia and we do know what to do about it--pray about it, talk about it, feel the fear, and do it anyway. Artistic fear, on the other hand, sounds somehow nastier and more virulent, like it just might not yield to ordinary solutions--and yet it does, the moment we become humble enough to try ordinary solutions.

  • Julia Cameron Quote #30

    In limits, there is freedom. Creativity thrives within structure. Creating safe havens where our children are allowed to dream, play, make a mess and, yes, clean it up, we teach them respect for themselves and others.

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