Artist Quotes by Julia Cameron

Making art is an act of faith.

— Julia Cameron

A working artist is a playing artist.

— Julia Cameron

Art is born in attention.

— Julia Cameron

Our internal artist is always our creative child.

— Julia Cameron

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea. And few ideas are worse than the ones we have about art.

— Julia Cameron

The Artist's Way is a spiritual journey, a pilrimage home to the self.

— Julia Cameron

All too often, it is audacity and not talent that moves an artist to center stage.

— Julia Cameron

Accept the fact that you're an artist and stop second-guessing yourself. Just do it.

— Julia Cameron

I am what I am again: a writer. I have metabolized the injury into art.

— Julia Cameron

Art is the imagination at play in the field of time. Let yourself play.

— Julia Cameron

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

— Julia Cameron

Art is a spiritual practice. We may not, and need not, do it perfectly.

— Julia Cameron

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

— Julia Cameron

Artists are visionaries. We routinely practice a form of faith, seeing clearly and moving toward a creative goal that shimmers in the…

— Julia Cameron

By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very…

— Julia Cameron

No matter what your age or your life path, whether making art is your career or your hobby or your dream, it…

— Julia Cameron

The original 'Artist's Way' focused on the nurturing of the self. The 'Artist's Way for Parents' focuses both on nurturing the self…

— Julia Cameron

Most artists, ashamed of their need for encouragement, try to carry their work to term like a secret pregnancy.

— Julia Cameron

Many of us believe that 'real artists' do not experience self-doubt. In truth, artists are people who have learned to live with…

— Julia Cameron

'Faith and Will' is aimed at the same readership as 'The Artist's Way.' The book is for spiritual seekers in all walks…

— Julia Cameron

As we lose our vagueness about ourself, our values, our life situation, we become available to the moment. It is there, in…

— Julia Cameron

In order to thrive as artists we need to be available to the universal flow. When we put a stopper on our…

— Julia Cameron

I think that 'Floor Sample' is a story of resiliency, a lifelong spiritual search, and a lifelong sense of spiritual companionship that…

— Julia Cameron

As artists, we belong to an ancient and holy tribe. We are the carriers of the truth that spirit moves through us…

— Julia Cameron

Artists love other artists. Shadow artists are gravitating to their rightful tribe but cannot yet claim their birthright. Very often audacity, not…

— Julia Cameron

Art is an act of the soul, not the intellect. When we are dealing with people's dreams - their visions, really -…

— Julia Cameron

It is my experience both as an artist and as a teacher that when we move out on faith into the act…

— Julia Cameron

Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. . . Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be…

— Julia Cameron

One of our chief needs as creative beings is support. Unfortunately, this can be hard to come by. Ideally, we would be…

— Julia Cameron

The refusal to be creative is an act of self-will and is counter to our true nature. When we are open to…

— Julia Cameron

In order to create, we draw from our inner well. This inner well, an artistic reservoir, is ideally like a well stocked…

— Julia Cameron

“THE VIRTUE TRAP An artist must have downtime, time to do nothing. Defending our right to such time takes courage, conviction, and…

— Julia Cameron

“Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. This happens in any number of ways: beginning work is measured against the masterworks…

— Julia Cameron

The artist brain is the sensory brain: sight and sound, smell and taste, touch. These are the elements of magic, and magic…

— Julia Cameron

The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist.

— Julia Cameron

Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse.

— Julia Cameron

Making art has taught me that the tiniest smidgen of progress is something to be cherished.

— Julia Cameron

Art opens the closets, airs out the cellars and attics. It brings healing.

— Julia Cameron

In a sense, as we are creative beings, our lives become our work of art.

— Julia Cameron

Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite - getting something down.

— Julia Cameron