Julia Cameron Quotes - Page 11

There will be many times when we won't look good-to ourselves or anyone else. We need to stop demanding that we do. It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time.

If you want to write a novel, it's the Divine mind wanting to express.

Making art is a rite of initiation. People change their souls.

We don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness fail.

There is a treadmill quality to workaholism.

I am a gate for God to accomplish great things. Through me and with me, new Life enters the world.

When we let God be God and work through us, we experience both a sense of serenity and excitement.

There is no such thing as being done with an artistic life. Frustrations and rewards exist at all levels on the path.

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.

I believe that I am very lucky to have close friends who are faithful. From my friends, I have learned the importance of perseverance.

Writing is an act of cherishing... It is an act of love.

Next to Morning Pages and Artist Dates, the most potent tool for contacting inner guidance and creativity is walking.

It is my experience both as an artist and as a teacher that when we move out on faith into the act of creation, the universe is able to advance. It is a little like opening the gate at the top of a field irrigation system. Once we remove the blocks, the flow moves in.

You need to create pathways in your consciousness through which the creative forces operate.

In order to thrive as artists we need to be available to the universal flow. When we put a stopper on our capacity for joy by anorectically declining the small gifts of life, we turn aside the larger gifts as well.

I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others.

You are either losing your mind -- or gaining your soul.

Left to it's own devices, writing is like weather. It has a drama, a form, a force to it that shapes the day. Just as good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche. There is something very right about simply letting yourself write. And the way to do that is to begin, to begin where you are.

Your mood doesn't really matter. Some of the best creative work gets done on the days when you feel that everything you're doing is just plain junk.

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.

I think of making love and making art as being very parallel. Even the most amateur attempt can be thrilling.

When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, I am expressing my true nature

You will learn to enjoy the process... and to surrender your need to control the result. You will discover the joy of practising your creativity. The process, not the product, will become your focus.

It is the inner commitment to be true to ourselves and follow our dreams that triggers the support of the universe.

When we survey our lives, seeking to fulfil our creativity, we often see we had a dream that went glimmering because we believed, and those around us believed, that the dream was beyond our reach.