I’m still working through Julia Cameron’s excellent book The Artist’s Way and have gathered together a few of my favorite quotes and thoughts to share. (You can see a few earlier quotes from last month’s favorite things post!)
Now I’ll admit I don’t do every exercise in the book or work through it as consistently as it was probably intended. And you know what? That’s okay! If I waited until I “had enough time” to do this properly, I would probably never read it.
I’m reading it through at my own pace and taking what I can from it and it’s been good for me.
Here are some highlights from the first half of the book. Enjoy! 🙂
The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron
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“Progress, not perfection, is what we are asking of ourselves.”
“Leap and the net will appear.”
“It’s impossible to get better and look good at the same time.”
“Do not let your self doubt turn into self sabotage.”
“Setting skepticism aside, even briefly, can make for very interesting explorations.”
“The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight.”
For further reading check out this simple practice of gratefulness and joy.
“Answered prayers are scary. They imply responsibility.”
“Possibility is far more frightening than impossibility.”
For further reading check out these thoughts on big and risky dreams.
“We believe that to be artists we must be tough, cynical, and intellectually chilly. Leave that to the critics. As a creative being you will be more productive when coaxed than when bullied.”
“Creativity is seeing something that doesn’t exist already.”
“Most of us harbor a secret belief that work has to be work and not play.”
For further reading, check out these ways to practice creativity play.
“Any progress is made through leaps of faith, some small and some large.”
“Be open to all help.”
“Creativity occurs in the moment, and in the moment we are timeless.”
“Creativity lies not in the done but in doing.”
What quotes or thoughts stand out to you today?
Reading through this book has been good, hard, emotional, and often convicting. And yet freeing and joyous as well!
May we all be timeless in our creativity, may our prayers be answered, and may there be much delight.
