The Artist's Way Quotes by Julia Cameron

all shadow artists, life may be a discontented experience, filled with a sense of missed purpose and unfulfilled promise. They want to write. They want to paint. They want to act, make music, dance . . . but they are afraid to take themselves seriously.

Creativity is play, but for shadow artists, learning to allow themselves to play is hard work.

The great artists are able to retain this sense of playfulness throughout their careers. Art and the artist both suffer most when the artist gets too heavy, too focused on results.

We must remember that our artist is a child and that what we can handle intellectually far outstrips what we can handle emotionally.

Remember that it is far harder and more painful to be a blocked artist than it is to do the work.

The artist is someone who is full of questions, who cries them out in great angst, who discovers rainbow answers in the darkness, and then rushes to canvas or paper. ~ Madeleine L’Engle