589 Quotes by Julia Cameron

In dance, in composition, in sculpture, the experience is the same: we are more the conduit than the creator of what we express.

When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands.

As artists, we must learn to be self-nourishing. We must become alert enough to consciously replenish our creative resources as we draw on them.

In creativity, as in running, you have to start where you are.

The opposite of Prosperity is not poverty. It is anxiety.

All change can be expansive in potential. The choice is ours.

All of us are far richer than we imagine. None of us possesses a life devoid of magic.

Nothing dies harder than a bad idea. And few ideas are worse than the ones we have about art.

Taking the time to write in our lives gives us the time of our lives. As we describe our environments, we begin to savor them. Even the most rushed and pell-mell life begins to take on the patina of being cherished.