Julia Cameron Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Anger is meant to be acted on. It is not meant to be acted out. Anger points the direction. We are meant to use anger as fuel to take the actions we need to move where our anger points us. With a little thought, we can usually translate the message that our anger is sending us.

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

Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness.

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.

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

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.

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

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea.

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.

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

The growth of one blesses all. I am commited to grow in love. All that I touch, I leave in love. I move through this world consciously and creatively.

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.