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title: "3 Beginner Quotes By Julia Cameron"
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> [The beginner's humility and openness lead to exploration. Exploration leads to accomplishment. All of it begins at the beginning, with the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/the-beginner-s-humility-and-openness-lead-to-exploration-exploration/)

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

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> [“The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist. The beginner’s humility and openness lead to exploration.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/the-grace-to-be-a-beginner-is-always-the-best-prayer-for-an-artist/)

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

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> [The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/the-grace-to-be-a-beginner-is-always-the-best-prayer-for-an-artist-2/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/917/julia-cameron-830_art_the-grace-to-be-a-beginner-is-always-the_2987209.png)

## Other authors on Beginner

## More by Julia Cameron

> [All too often, it is audacity and not talent that moves an artist to center stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/all-too-often-it-is-audacity-and-not-talent-that-moves-an-artist-to/)

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

> [Fatigue can make it hard to have faith. Too much busyness can make it hard to have faith. Too much of too little solitude…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/fatigue-can-make-it-hard-to-have-faith-too-much-busyness-can-make-it/)

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

> [We are not accustomed to thinking that God's will for us and our own inner dreams can coincide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/we-are-not-accustomed-to-thinking-that-god-s-will-for-us-and-our-own/)

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

> [What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/what-we-really-want-to-do-is-what-we-are-really-meant-to-do/)

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

> [The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/the-need-to-be-a-great-artist-makes-it-hard-to-be-an-artist-the-need/)

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

> [All of us contain a divine, expressive spark, a creative candle intended to light our path and that of our fellows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/all-of-us-contain-a-divine-expressive-spark-a-creative-candle/)

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

> [Possibility is far more frightening than impossibility.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/possibility-is-far-more-frightening-than-impossibility/)

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

> [Creativity is our true nature; blocks are an unnatural thwarting of a process at once as normal and as miraculous as the blossoming of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/creativity-is-our-true-nature-blocks-are-an-unnatural-thwarting-of-a/)

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

> [Just as a good rain clears the air, a good writing day clears the psyche.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/just-as-a-good-rain-clears-the-air-a-good-writing-day-clears-the/)

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

> [Survival lies in sanity, and sanity lies in paying attention...the capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/survival-lies-in-sanity-and-sanity-lies-in-paying-attention-the/)

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

> [Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone else's perspective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/technology-teaches-passivity-absorbed-in-our-devices-at-any-age-we/)

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

> [There's this mythology that parents are supposed to be parents 24/7 and are supposed to be completely fulfilled by their kids. That's not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/there-s-this-mythology-that-parents-are-supposed-to-be-parents-24-7/)

[Julia Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/perfectionism-is-not-a-quest-for-the-best-it-is-a-pursuit-of-the/)

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

> [I am compassionate. I allow my heart and imagination to embrace the difficulties and concerns of others. While maintaining my own balance, I find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/i-am-compassionate-i-allow-my-heart-and-imagination-to-embrace-the/)

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

> [All change can be expansive in potential. The choice is ours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-cameron/all-change-can-be-expansive-in-potential-the-choice-is-ours/)

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

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