All Julia Cameron Quotes
- Enthusiasm is not an emotional state. It is a spiritual commitment, a loving surrender to our creative process. Enthusiasm - from the Greek, filled with… Commitment
- Doubt comes to the door in darkness, pretending to be alone and in need of your compassionate ear. But if you let him in, he'll… Alone
- We don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness… Always Know
- You are asked to keep a ledger - a small notebook will do - of money in and money out. Counting brings clarity, and clarity… Asked
- Art is one of the few careers without a mandatory retirement age. Age
- Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage. Blank
- Balance is the key to my serenity. I attain balance by listening to my inner wisdom and to the wisdom of others. There is no… Action
- You do not need to work to become spiritual. You are spiritual; you need only to remember that fact. Spirit is within you. God is… Become Spiritual
- There is a treadmill quality to workaholism. Inspirational
- All too often, it is audacity and not talent that moves an artist to center stage. All
- Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves. Asking
- There is no such thing as being done with an artistic life. Frustrations and rewards exist at all levels on the path. All
- It is my experience both as an artist and as a teacher that when we move out on faith into the act of creation, the… Able
- The artist brain is the sensory brain: sight and sound, smell and taste, touch. Â These are the elements of magic, and magic is the… Art
- One of our chief needs as creative beings is support. Â Unfortunately, this can be hard to come by. Â Ideally, we would be nurtured… Achievement
- Artists love other artists. Â Shadow artists are gravitating to their rightful tribe but cannot yet claim their birthright. Â Very often audacity, not talent,… Afraid
- Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. . . Â Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to… Abuse
- Perfectionism has nothing to do with getting it right. Â It has nothing to do with fixing things. Â It has nothing to do with… Causes
- The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. Â The need to produce a great work of art makes… All
- Nothing dies harder than a bad idea. And few ideas are worse than the ones we have about art. Art