"At it's essence, art is an alchemical process.……" — Julia Cameron
"At it's essence, art is an alchemical process. Alchemy is a process of transformation."
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227 Quotes by Julia Cameron
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The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.
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Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.
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Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything.
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What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are…
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Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that…
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I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you…
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Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite - getting something down.
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Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness.
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Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.
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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…
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The face of love is variable. I am able to love without demanding that my relationships assume the structures and…
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An artist paints, dances, draws, writes, designs, or acts at the expanding edge of consciousness. We press into the unknown…
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We all have our own personal laboratories. Life is an experiment, and it's just a matter of getting the alchemical…
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Anna Journey, in her new book of poems, Vulgar Remedies, creates an alchemical self whose shimmering limbic / alembic lyrics…
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I think the entire message of the psychedelic experience, which is basically the sine qua non of the rebirth of…
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Conflict is the alchemical soup that transforms raw emotion and instinct into pure gold.
— Harville Hendrix
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Try vegetarianism and you will be surprised: meditation becomes far easier. Love becomes more subtle, loses its grossness - becomes…
— Rajneesh
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King in Crimson is actually an alchemical term. King Crimson is a metaphor for Devil or Satan, but at the…
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I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing.
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Allowing the pain of personal growth to be a crucible of your spirit-the alchemical grail through which the metal of…
— Marianne Williamson
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We are born strangers in a strange land, and remain so. Travel simply reminds us of this essential truth. The…
— Richard Halliburton
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The price of a work of art has nothing to do with what the work of art is, can do,…
— Jerry Saltz
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