Julia Cameron Quotes - Page 7

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• Rather than being taught to ask ourselves who we are, we are schooled to ask others. We are, in effect, trained to listen to others’ versions of ourselves.

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  Who We Are, Taught, Schooled

  Julia Cameron (2013). “The Vein of Gold: A Journey to Your Creative Heart”, p.26, Souvenir Press

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• Creativity is not and never has been sensible.

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  Creativity, Sensible, Has Beens

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.147, Souvenir Press

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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 I ask for help with my creativity, I get it.

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  Creativity, Helping, Asks

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• Soul is not about function; it's about beauty, form, and memory.

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  Memories, Soul, Function

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• I learned, when hit by loss, to ask the right question: "What next?" instead of "Why me?" . . . Whenever I am willing to ask "What is necessary next?" I have moved ahead. Whenever I have taken no for a final answer I have stalled and gotten stuck.

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  Taken, Loss, Finals

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.179, Penguin

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• Choice by choice, moment by moment, I build the necklace of my day, stringing together the choices that form artful living.

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  Choices, Together, Necklaces

  Julia Cameron (1999). “Transitions”, p.91, Penguin

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• We don't often talk about the fact that writing is all about rhythm. When you get too up in your head, you can lose a lot of your writing. Sometimes what a writer really needs to do is go dancing.

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  Writing, Dancing, Needs

  "Becoming Intimate With Your Own Creative Impulses". Interview with Brad Crawford, www.writersdigest.com. March 11, 2008.

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• Doing work points the way to new and better work to be done.

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  Excellence, Done, Way

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.185, Souvenir Press

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• As children we hoard and gloat over words. Words give ownership: we name our world and we claim it...Children trust the power of words.

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  Children, Our World, Names

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• My heart holds the world in tender awe.

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  Heart, World, My Heart

  Julia Cameron (1998). “Blessings”, p.15, Penguin

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• It's impossible to get better and look good at the same time.

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  Get Better, Looks, Impossible

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.56, Penguin

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

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  Creativity, Orderly, Exploring

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Apr 07, 2013

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• Enthusiasm is not an emotional state. It is a spiritual commitment, a loving surrender to our creative process. Enthusiasm - from the Greek, filled with God - is an ongoing energy supply tapped into the flow of life itself.

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  Spiritual, Commitment, Emotional

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.156, Penguin

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• I honor the wisdom of life. I learn from life in all its forms. The tree teaches me. The sparrow and the wren sing my song. I am open to the lessons Life brings me from the earth. I learn from the wind, from the sun, from the small flowers, and from the stars. I walk without arrogance. I learn from all I encounter. I open my mind and heart to the guidance and love that come to me from the natural world.

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  Song, Nature, Stars

  Julia Cameron (1997). “Heart Steps”, p.19, Penguin

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• As you explore your inner world, your outer world will come more sharply into focus. As you face your imagined barriers, you will encounter real ones, as well.

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  Real, Focus, Encounters

  Julia Cameron (2009). “Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance”, p.82, Penguin

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• Artists love other artists. Shadow artists are gravitating to their rightful tribe but cannot yet claim their birthright. Very often audacity, not talent, makes one person an artist and another a shadow artist-hiding in the shadows, afraid to step out and expose the dream to the light, fearful that it will disintegrate to the touch.

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  Dream, Artist, Light

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.54, Penguin

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• I bless the wisdom of my loving heart. Love is a form of listening. I listen with a loving heart. I listen to the love within my heart and I hear the love in the hearts of others.

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  Heart, Love Is, Listening

  Julia Cameron (1998). “Blessings”, p.15, Penguin

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• We always do the best we can by the light we have to see by.

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  Light, Do The Best

  Julia Cameron (2002). “The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition”, p.160, Penguin

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• Adversity is a misperception as all works toward the good.

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  Adversity, Misperception

  Julia Cameron (1998). “Blessings”, p.105, Penguin

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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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• 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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• It is the use of creativity which heals the creative wound.

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  Creativity, Creative, Use

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Jun 27, 2014

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• If you think of the universe as a vast electrical sea in which you are immersed and from which you are formed, opening to your creativity changes you from something bobbing in that sea to a more fully functioning, more conscious, more cooperative part of that ecosystem.

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  Creativity, Thinking, Sea

  Julia Cameron (2012). “The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity”, p.16, Souvenir Press

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• Apologies are the art of spiritual housekeeping. They help to put and keep our lives in order.

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  Spiritual, Art, Apology

  Julia Cameron (2001). “God is No Laughing Matter”, p.158, Penguin

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