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> [When an actor is in the moment, he or she is engaged in listening for the next right thing creatively. When a painter is painting, he or she may begin with a plan, but that plan is soon surrendered to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/when-an-actor-is-in-the-moment-he-or-she-is-engaged-in-listening-for/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

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## More by Julia Margaret Cameron

> [I wish I could take language And fold it like cool, moist rags. I would lay words on your forehead. I would wrap words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/i-wish-i-could-take-language-and-fold-it-like-cool-moist-rags-i-would/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

> [When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/when-we-are-angry-or-depressed-in-our-creativity-we-have-misplaced/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

> [Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/growth-is-a-spiral-process-doubling-back-on-itself-reassessing-and/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

> [What is focus and who has the right to say what focus is the legitimate focus?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/what-is-focus-and-who-has-the-right-to-say-what-focus-is-the/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

> [Personal sympathy has helped me on very much. My husband from first to last has watched every picture with delight, and it is my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/personal-sympathy-has-helped-me-on-very-much-my-husband-from-first-to/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

> [The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/the-capacity-for-delight-is-the-gift-of-paying-attention/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

> [When an actor is in the moment, he or she is engaged in listening for the next right thing creatively. When a painter is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/when-an-actor-is-in-the-moment-he-or-she-is-engaged-in-listening-for/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

> [I believe that... my first successes in my out-of-focus pictures were a fluke. That is to say, that when focusing and coming to something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/i-believe-that-my-first-successes-in-my-out-of-focus-pictures-were-a/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

> [From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/from-the-first-moment-i-handled-my-lens-with-a-tender-ardour/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

> [When I have had such men before my camera my whole soul has endeavored to do its duty towards them in recording faithfully the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/when-i-have-had-such-men-before-my-camera-my-whole-soul-has/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

> [My aspirations are to ennoble Photography and to secure for it the character and uses of High Art by combining the real and Ideal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/my-aspirations-are-to-ennoble-photography-and-to-secure-for-it-the/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

> [I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me, and at length the longing has been satisfied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/i-longed-to-arrest-all-beauty-that-came-before-me-and-at-length-the/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

> [Beauty, you're under arrest. I have a camera, and I'm not afraid to use it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/beauty-you-re-under-arrest-i-have-a-camera-and-i-m-not-afraid-to-use/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

> [From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour, and it has become to me as a living thing, with voice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/from-the-first-moment-i-handled-my-lens-with-a-tender-ardour-and-it/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

> [The clock is ticking and you're hearing the beat. You stop by a museum shop, sign your name on a scuba-diving sheet, and commit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-margaret-cameron/the-clock-is-ticking-and-you-re-hearing-the-beat-you-stop-by-a-museum/)

[Julia Margaret Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-margaret-cameron/)

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