Stop telling yourself that dreams don't matter, that they are only dreams and that you should be more sensible. Julia Cameron More Quotes by Julia Cameron More Quotes From Julia Cameron One of our chief needs as creative beings is support. Unfortunately, this can be hard to come by. Ideally, we would be nurtured and encourages first by our nuclear family and then by ever-widening circles of friends, teachers, well-wishers. As young artists, we need and want to be acknowledged for our attempts and efforts as well as for our achievements and triumphs. Unfortunately, many artists never receive this critical early encouragement. As a result, they may not know they are artists at all. Julia Cameron encouragementartistteacher It hurts like hell when the world won't invest in you. But it's excruciating, almost more than you can bear, when you don't believe and invest in yourself. Julia Cameron hurtbelieveworld So much of an artist's career hinges on the sense that we are going somewhere, that we are not just trapped by the four walls of wherever we are. For creative sanity, I must believe that if I just do the next right thing, a path will unfold for me. Julia Cameron wallartistbelieve Creativity is not and never has been sensible. Julia Cameron has-beenscreativitysensible You need to create pathways in your consciousness through which the creative forces operate. Julia Cameron pathwayscreativeneeds I ask to be made beautiful like the trees are beautiful, each growing according to a unique plan. Lop off a limb and and the tree will accommodate it's loss, still growing and still beautiful. It is my hope to be able to flourish in a similar fashion, taking on the shape and dimensions that is intended for me. Julia Cameron fashionlossbeautiful I believe that the dark night of the soul is a common spiritual experience. I believe, too, that the answer is continued seeking and perseverance. It helps to know that others have endured a loss of faith. Julia Cameron perseverancespiritualbelieve When writing becomes too dominant, it gets leached of its own power. We spend more and more time writing and we have less and less to write about. Julia Cameron dominantmore-timewriting Do not call procrastination laziness. Call it fear. Julia Cameron procrastinationlaziness Technology teaches passivity. Absorbed in our devices - at any age - we are absorbed in someone elses perspective. Julia Cameron perspectivetechnologyage Art is a spiritual practice. We may not, and need not, do it perfectly. Julia Cameron practicespiritualart And why are we supposed to be serious about God? Did God show up and crack the whip? “You there, Annie in Ohio, I see you laughing a lot and frankly it really pisses Me off . . . “ (50) Julia Cameron ohiocrackslaughing I believe that I am very lucky to have close friends who are faithful. From my friends, I have learned the importance of perseverance. Julia Cameron faithfulperseverancebelieve When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, I am expressing my true nature. All of us love. All of us do it more and more perfectly. The past has brought us both ashes and diamonds. In the present we find the flowers of what we've planted and the seeds of what we are becoming. I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others. Julia Cameron flowerheartlife We always do the best we can by the light we have to see by. Julia Cameron do-the-bestlight My heart holds the world in tender awe. Julia Cameron my-heartheartworld It's impossible to get better and look good at the same time. Julia Cameron get-betterimpossiblelooks We don't often talk about the fact that writing is all about rhythm. When you get too up in your head, you can lose a lot of your writing. Sometimes what a writer really needs to do is go dancing. Julia Cameron dancingwritingneeds Doing work points the way to new and better work to be done. Julia Cameron excellencedoneway There is a treadmill quality to workaholism. Julia Cameron treadmillsquality
