Listening to the Women

“The only difference between a creative person and an uncreative person is that a creative person takes her ideas seriously.” ~Mary Zimmerman

“We all have many hidden gifts within our own being, and they are all too frequently drowned in the negative and materialistic struggles on which we spend so much of our precious energy. Once we are able to get rid of our fears, once we have the courage to change from negative rebellion to positive noncomformist, once we have the faith in our own abilities to rise above fear, shame, guilt, and negativity—we emerge as much more creative and much freer souls.” ~Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares to other expressions. It is your business…to keep the channel open.” ~Martha Graham

“If we fail to nourish our souls, they wither, and without soul, life ceases to have meaning.... The creative process shrivels in the absence of continual dialogue with the soul. And creativity is what makes life worth living.” ~Marion Woodman

“Remember that in order to recover as an artist, you must be willing to be a bad artist. Give yourself permission to be a beginner.” ~Julia Cameron

“The ‘creator’ and the ‘editor’—two halves of the writer whole—should sleep in separate rooms.” ~Judith Guest

“It takes guts, ardor, and faith to cobble a new path from emerging insights instead of simply defending the person-I-already-am on the path already known.” ~Shoshana Luboff