Julia Cameron Creative Quotations

Creativity is always a leap of faith. You're faced with a blank page, blank easel, or an empty stage.

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

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

Faith is almost the bottom line of creativity; it requires a leap of faith any time we undertake a creative endeavor, whether this is going to the easel, or the page, or onto the stage.

Life is a creative endeavor. It is active, not passive. We are the yeast that leavens our lives into rich, fully baked loaves. When we experience our lives as flat and lackluster, it is our consciousness that is at fault. We hold the inner key that turns our lives from thankless to fruitful. That key is "Blessing.

s holding them back and move ahead in the creative direction they desire.

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.

What would a nontoxic god think of your creative goals? Might such a god really exist?

We undertake certain spiritual exercises to achieve alignment with the creative energy of the universe.

Mystery is at the heart of creativity. As creative channels, we need to trust the darkness.

Our internal artist is always our creative child.

In a sense, as we are creative beings, our lives become our work of art.

Your mood doesn't really matter. Some of the best creative work gets done on the days when you feel that everything you're doing is just plain junk.

You need to create pathways in your consciousness through which the creative forces operate.

It is the use of creativity which heals the creative wound.

We are ourselves creations. We are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves. This is the God-force extending itself through us. Creativity is God's gift to us. Using creativity is our gift back to God.

All of us contain a divine, expressive spark, a creative candle intended to light our path and that of our fellows.

As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected.

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.

Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.