Julia Cameron Quotes

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Julia Cameron

Profession : Author

Birth : March 4, 1948

Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.

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Art used to be made in the name of faith. We made cathedrals, we made stained-glass windows, we made murals.

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You have to muster a certain amount of belief that you're not making a mistake and you're not a fool. And this means you have to have faith.

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Faith is almost the bottom line of creativity; it requires a leap of faith any time we undertake a creative endeavor, whether this is going to the easel, or the page, or onto the stage - or for that matter, in a homelier way, picking out the right fabric for the kitchen curtains, which is also a creative act.

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Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit what it is. And the faith to trust our own admission. The admitting is often very difficult.

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I think that 'Floor Sample' is a story of resiliency, a lifelong spiritual search, and a lifelong sense of spiritual companionship that is most often expressed as creativity. My desire in writing the book was to step from behind the icon of 'Julia the teacher' and introduce 'Julia the artist.'

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In limits, there is freedom. Creativity thrives within structure. Creating safe havens where our children are allowed to dream, play, make a mess and, yes, clean it up, we teach them respect for themselves and others.

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Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

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Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone else's perspective.

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What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

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The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.

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I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

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When we clear the physical clutter from our lives, we literally make way for inspiration and 'good, orderly direction' to enter.

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For most people, creativity is a serious business. They forget the telling phrase 'the play of ideas' and think that they need to knuckle down and work more. Often, the reverse is true. They need to play.

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I have a personal prosperity plan. I know where my money goes, and how I can spend it more fruitfully. A prosperity plan is something fluid that may alter month to month.

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Writing is a spiritual practice in that people that have no spiritual path can undertake it and, as they write, they begin to wake up to a larger connection. After a while, people tend to find that there is some muse that they are connecting to.

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A God Jar is anything you wish it to be, in which you can put your wishes, dreams, problems, prayers. You may want to think of it as a spiritual mailbox.

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Love is the substance of all life. Everything is connected in love, absolutely everything.

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It's important always to have a sense of wonder.

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I believe that when we ask to be led, we are led, and there's nothing too small or esoteric for spiritual help.

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