Julia Cameron
Julia Cameron
Julia B. Cameronis an American teacher, author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, composer, and journalist. She is most famous for her book The Artist's Way. She also has written many other non-fiction works, short stories, and essays, as well as novels, plays, musicals, and screenplays...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth4 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
Julia Cameron quotes about
who-we-are taught asks
Rather than being taught to ask ourselves who we are, we are schooled to ask others. We are, in effect, trained to listen to others’ versions of ourselves.
wise horse adventure
When you are feeling too dull and too domesticated get on a horse, sit tall in the saddle, and for a moment live in a world that feels like risk and adventure.
doors darkness doubt
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 bring his friends.
dying sometimes
Sometimes the dying live more fiercely and wisely than the rest of us. (146)
children artist creative
Our internal artist is always our creative child.
writing passion yield
we should write because writing brings clarity and passion to the act of living. writing is sensual, experiential, grounding. we should write because writing is good for the soul. we should write because writing yields us a body of work, a felt path through the world we live in.
writing thinking house
And [now] I think I’ll probably write a lot about birds. My new house has a deck that wraps around my writing room; my writing room has many windows, and outside the windows I’ve hung bird feeders … for enticing different species. So I imagine I will be writing about that.
artist order giving
Judging your early artistic efforts is artist abuse. . . Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission to be a beginner. By being willing to be a bad artist, you have a chance to be an artist, and perhaps, over time, a very good one
ohio laughing serious
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)
soul empty empty-souls
Money cannot fill an empty soul.
artist guessing facts
Accept the fact that you're an artist and stop second-guessing yourself. Just do it.
dream thinking accustomed
We are not accustomed to thinking that God's will for us and our own inner dreams can coincide.
agendas drains
Agendas tend to drain the life out of relationships.
moving destiny grace
Our moods and insights are transitory. This current is a flow of grace moving us to our right livelihood, companions, destiny.