The Way of the Artist

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In her wonderful book "The Artist's Way," Julia Cameron includes dozens of brief quotes - from great modern thinkers and seers - about art, life, and imagination. Here are some of my favorite bits. Read more about the book itself at the bottom of this page.

The most important thing I look for in a musician
is whether he knows how to listen.
- Duke Ellington

I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all things through me.
- William Blake

The music of this opera [Madama Butterfly] was dictated to me by God; I was merely instrumental in putting on paper and communicating it to the public.
- Giacomo Puccini

Straightaway the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God.
- Johannes Brahms

Every blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers, "Grow, grow."
- The Talmud

Great improvisors are like priests. They are thinking only of their god.
- Stephane Grappelli

What we play is life
- Louis Armstrong

Creativity is harnessing universality and making it flow through your eyes.
- Peter Koestenbaum

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
- Oscar Wilde

I merely take the energy it takes to pout and wrote some blues.
- Duke Ellington

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.
- Hazrat Inayat Khan

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
- Albert Einstein

Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.
- Rumi

Do not fear mistakes - there are none.
- Miles Davis

These quotes are taken from:

The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
by Julia Cameron

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