Julia Cameron Quotes

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• We tend to think being hard on ourselves will make us strong. But it is cherishing ourselves that gives us strength

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  Strong, Thinking, Giving

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Jun 05, 2016

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• In creativity, as in running, you have to start where you are.

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  Running, Creativity, Where You Are

  Julia Cameron (2009). “Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance”, p.31, Penguin

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• The essential element in nurturing our creativity lies in nurturing ourselves.

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  Lying, Creativity, Essentials

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Jan 30, 2017

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• A working artist is a playing artist.

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  Artist

  Julia Cameron (2013). “The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart”, p.181, Souvenir Press

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• When we walk, the two halves of our brains converse.

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  Two, Brain, Half

  Julia Cameron (2007). “The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size”, p.41, Penguin

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• The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.

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  Letting Go, Creativity, Creative

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Nov 02, 2015

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• Do what intrigues you, explore what interests you; think mystery, not mastery.

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  Thinking, Mastery, Mystery

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Apr 28, 2014

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• As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.

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  Inspirational, Moving On, Dream

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• I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

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  Inspirational, Empowerment, Acting

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.93, Souvenir Press

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• Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves.

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  Progress Not Perfection, Asking, Should

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Jan 23, 2014

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• The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

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  Self, Voice, People

  Julia Cameron (1997). “The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart”, p.29, Penguin

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

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  Creativity, Order, Creative

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from May 29, 2016

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• What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

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  Motivational, Money, Work

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.148, Souvenir Press

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• I surrender my anxiety and my sense of urgency. I allow God to guide me in the pacing of my life. I open my heart to God's timing. I release my deadlines, agendas, and stridency to the gentle yet often swift pacing of God. As I open my heart to God's unfoldings, my heart attains peace. As I relax into God's timing, my heart contains comfort. As I allow God to set the tone and schedule of my days, I find myself in the right time and place, open and available to God's opportunities.

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  Life, God, Letting Go

  Julia Cameron (1997). “Heart Steps”, p.48, Penguin

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

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  Art, Creativity

  Julia Cameron (2016). “It's Never Too Late to Begin Again: Discovering Creativity and Meaning at Midlife and Beyond”, p.14, Penguin

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• You are your own Promised Land, your own new frontier.

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  Land, Promised Land, New Frontiers

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Jul 28, 2013

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• Answered prayers are scary. They imply responsibility. You asked for it. Now that you've got it, what are you going to do? Why else the cautionary phrase Watch out for what you pray for; you might just get it?

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  Prayer, Responsibility, Scary

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.92, Penguin

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• 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.

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  Dream, Art, People

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.261, Souvenir Press

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• There is a connection between self-nurturing and self-respect.

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  Self, Self Respect, Connections

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Jan 24, 2012

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• Our internal artist is always our creative child.

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  Children, Artist, Creative

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.98, Souvenir Press

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• If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us.

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  Love Is, Optimism, Energy

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• Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.

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  Creativity

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Mar 01, 2015

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• All of us contain a divine, expressive spark, a creative candle intended to light our path and that of our fellows.

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  Wise, Light, Creative

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• Wherever you are is always the right place. There is never a need to fix anything, to hitch up the bootstraps of the soul and start at some higher place. Start right where you are.

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  Motivational, Recovery, New Beginnings

  Julia Cameron (1999). “The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life”, p.15, Penguin

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• The creator made us creative. Our creativity is our gift from God. Our use of it is our gift to God. Accepting this bargain is the beginning of true self-acceptance.

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  Inspirational, Creativity, Acceptance

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.227, Penguin

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