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Quotes by Julia Cameron

Anger is meant to be acted on. It is not meant to be acted out. Anger points the direction. We are meant to use anger as fuel to take the actions we need to move where our anger points us. With a little thought, we can usually translate the message that our anger is sending us.
– Julia Cameron
Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite - getting something down.
– Julia Cameron
Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness.
– Julia Cameron
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
Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.
– Julia Cameron
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.
– Julia Cameron
Life is a creative endeavor. It is active, not passive. We are the yeast that leavens our lives into rich, fully baked loaves. When we experience our lives as flat and lackluster, it is our consciousness that is at fault. We hold the inner key that turns our lives from thankless to fruitful. That key is Blessing.
– Julia Cameron
Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything.
– Julia Cameron
Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.
– Julia Cameron
Nothing dies harder than a bad idea.
– Julia Cameron
Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.
– Julia Cameron
The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.
– Julia Cameron
The growth of one blesses all. I am commited to grow in love. All that I touch, I leave in love. I move through this world consciously and creatively.
– Julia Cameron
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.
– Julia Cameron
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
Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.
– Julia Cameron