Julia Cameron - Creativity Quotes

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Creativity — like human life itself — begins in darkness. We need to acknowledge this. All too often, we think only in terms of light: "And then the lightbulb went on and I got it!" It is true that insights may come to us as flashes. It is true that some of these flashes may be blinding. It is, however, also true that such bright ideas are preceded by a gestation period that is interior, murky, and completely necessary.

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All too often too often we try to push, pull, outline and control our ideas instead of letting them grow organically. The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.
Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.

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Creativity flourishes when we have a sense of safety and self-acceptance.

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Creativity makes life useful to us. It also makes us useful to life.

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The creator made us creative. Our creativity is our gift from God. Our use of it is our gift to God. Accepting this bargain is the beginning of true self-acceptance.

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Just as blood is a fact of your physical body and nothing you invented, creativity is a fact of your spiritual body and nothing you must invent.

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Writing responds well to some gentle scheduling. A day job not only promotes solvency, it promotes creativity as well.

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In order to have a real relationship with our creativity, we must take the time and care to cultivate it.

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Creativity is God's gift to us. Using our creativity is our gift back to God.

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The essential element in nurturing our creativity lies in nurturing ourselves.

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If you think of the universe as a vast electrical sea in which you are immersed and from which you are formed, opening to your creativity changes you from something bobbing in that sea to a more fully functioning, more conscious, more cooperative part of that ecosystem.

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When we are angry or depressed in our creativity, we have misplaced our power. We have allowed someone else to determine our worth, and then we are angry at being undervalued.

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Next to Morning Pages and Artist Dates, the most potent tool for contacting inner guidance and creativity is walking.

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Creativity occurs in the moment, and in the moment we are timeless.

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

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People frequently believe the creative life is grounded in fantasy. The more difficult truth is that creativity is grounded in reality, in the particular, the focused, the well observed or specifically imagined.

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When we open ourselves to exploring our creativity, we open ourselves to God: good, orderly direction.

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Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.

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No matter what your age or your life path, whether making art is your career or your hobby or your dream, it is not too late or too egotistical or too selfish or too silly to work on your creativity.

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