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
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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.
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Sometimes, in order to go forward, You must first go back.
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Here's what I like about God: Trees are crooked, mountains are lumpy, a lot of his creatures are funny looking, and he made it all anyway. He didn't let the aardvark convince him he had no business designing creatures. He didn't make a puffer fish and get discouraged, no, the maker made things - and still does.
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A sketch book freezes time. It is an instantaneous form of meditation focusing us on the worth of every passing moment.
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All of us contain a divine, expressive spark, a creative candle intended to light our path and that of our fellows.
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At it's essence, art is an alchemical process. Alchemy is a process of transformation.
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People get so focused on the big dream that they forget about the process.
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So much of our mythology around money centers on the illusion that if we had 'more,' we would be more comfortable and more able to access our creativity. But creativity and prosperity are spiritual matters, not fiscal ones.
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The tools of 'The Prosperous Heart' help people to embrace the life that they actually have, where they often find that they already have 'enough.'
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My mother set us to an activity and let us be.
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We can believe we are being self-reliant and independent, and yet there is still clearly an overarching destiny, a Great Maker. So when we say we have faith in ourselves, we cannot really separate the small self from the large self.
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I grew up in what you might call a relentlessly creative household. We were given art supplies, music supplies... Our mother knew enough to get us started and then stand back and not meddle. My parents never said to us, 'Don't you think you'll need something to fall back on?' They acted as though creativity was completely normal.
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s holding them back and move ahead in the creative direction they desire.
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My life is at least as intricate as my readers' lives. People say that 'The Artist's Way' changed their lives, but when they talk about 'Floor Sample,' they tell me, 'I was with you all the way.'