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Emily Carr Quotes

Trees love to toss and sway; they make such happy noises Picture Quote #1

Rentals sank, living rose. I could not afford help. I must be owner, agent, landlady and janitor. I loathed landladying... I tried in every way to augment my income. Small fruit, hens, rabbits, dogs - pottery... I never painted now - had neither time nor wanting. For about fifteen years I did not paint Picture Quote #1

Up came the sun, and drank the dew Picture Quote #1

Got a new pup. He is half griffon. The other half is mistake Picture Quote #1

I sat staring, staring, staring - half lost, learning a new language or rather the same language in a different dialect. So still were the big woods where I sat, sound might not yet have been born Picture Quote #1

It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw, not because she is Canada but because she’s something sublime that you were born into, some great rugged power that you are a part of Picture Quote #1

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Do not try to do extraordinary things but do ordinary things with intensity Picture Quote #1

Oh, Spring! I want to go out and feel you and get inspiration. My old things seem dead. I want fresh contacts, more vital searching Picture Quote #1

Indians do not hinder the progress of their dead by embalming or tight coffining. When the spirit has gone they give the body back to the earth. the earth welcomes the body-coaxes new life and beauty from it, hurries over what men shudder at. Lovely tender herbage bursts from the graves, swiftly, exulting over corruption Picture Quote #1

My mountain is dead. As soon as she has dried, I’ll bury her under a decent layer of white paint. But I haven’t done with the old lady; far from it! Picture Quote #1

The sun enriched the old poles grandly... The mothers expressed all womanhood - the big wooden hands holding the child were so full of tenderness they had to be distorted enormously in order to contain it all. Womanhood was strong in Kitwancool Picture Quote #1

I have been sent more ridiculous press notices. People are frequently comparing my work with Van Gogh... I do hope I do not get bloated and self-satisfied. When proud feelings come I step up over them to the realm of work, to the thing I want, the liveness of the thing itself Picture Quote #1

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Indian Art broadened my seeing, loosened the formal tightness I had learned in England’s schools. Its bigness and stark reality baffled my white man’s understanding... I had been schooled to see outsides only, not struggle to pierce Picture Quote #1

I can rise above the humility of my failure with an intense desire to search deeper and a blind faith that some day my sight may pierce through the veils that hide. I know God’s face is there if I keep my gaze steady enough Picture Quote #1

The outstanding event was the doing which I am still at. Don’t pickle me awayas done Picture Quote #1

There is a side of friendship that develops better and stronger by correspondence than contact.... The absence of the flesh in writing perhaps brings souls nearer Picture Quote #1

Twenty can’t be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty’s eternal love affairs Picture Quote #1

I think that one’s art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows Picture Quote #1

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Real art is religion, a search for the beauty of God deep in all things Picture Quote #1

Writing is a splendid sorter of... feelings, better even than paint Picture Quote #1

Trying to find equivalents for things in words helps me find equivalents in painting Picture Quote #1

Inspiration is intention obeyed Picture Quote #1

Art is art, nature is nature, you cannot improve upon it... Pictures should be inspired by nature, but made in the soul of the artist. It is the soul of the individual that counts Picture Quote #1

The earth is soaked and soggy with rain. Everything is drinking its fill and the surplus gluts the drains. The sky is full of it and lies low over the earth, heavy and dense. Even the sea is wetter than usual! Picture Quote #1

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I made myself into an envelope into which I could thrust my work deep, lick the flap, seal it from everybody Picture Quote #1

Life’s an awfully lonesome affair. You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming Picture Quote #1

You will have to experiment and try things out for yourself and you will not be sure of what you are doing. That’s all right, you are feeling your way into the thing Picture Quote #1

Art being so much greater than ourselves, it will not give up once it has taken hold Picture Quote #1

Sometimes I could quit paint and take to charring. It must be fine to clean perfectly, to shine and polish and know that it could not be done better. In painting that never occurs Picture Quote #1

There is no right and wrong way to paint except honestly or dishonestly. Honestly is trying for the bigger thing. Dishonestly is bluffing and getting through a smattering of surface representation with no meaning Picture Quote #1

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Trees love to toss and sway; they make such happy noises (Emily Carr Quotes) Rentals sank, living rose. I could not afford help. I must be owner, agent, landlady and janitor. I loathed landladying... I tried in every way to augment my income. Small fruit, hens, rabbits, dogs - pottery... I never painted now - had neither time nor wanting. For about fifteen years I did not paint (Emily Carr Quotes) Up came the sun, and drank the dew (Emily Carr Quotes) Got a new pup. He is half griffon. The other half is mistake (Emily Carr Quotes) I sat staring, staring, staring - half lost, learning a new language or rather the same language in a different dialect. So still were the big woods where I sat, sound might not yet have been born (Emily Carr Quotes) It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw, not because she is Canada but because she’s something sublime that you were born into, some great rugged power that you are a part of (Emily Carr Quotes) Do not try to do extraordinary things but do ordinary things with intensity (Emily Carr Quotes) Oh, Spring! I want to go out and feel you and get inspiration. My old things seem dead. I want fresh contacts, more vital searching (Emily Carr Quotes) Indians do not hinder the progress of their dead by embalming or tight coffining. When the spirit has gone they give the body back to the earth. the earth welcomes the body-coaxes new life and beauty from it, hurries over what men shudder at. Lovely tender herbage bursts from the graves, swiftly, exulting over corruption (Emily Carr Quotes) My mountain is dead. As soon as she has dried, I’ll bury her under a decent layer of white paint. But I haven’t done with the old lady; far from it! (Emily Carr Quotes) The sun enriched the old poles grandly... The mothers expressed all womanhood - the big wooden hands holding the child were so full of tenderness they had to be distorted enormously in order to contain it all. Womanhood was strong in Kitwancool (Emily Carr Quotes) I have been sent more ridiculous press notices. People are frequently comparing my work with Van Gogh... I do hope I do not get bloated and self-satisfied. When proud feelings come I step up over them to the realm of work, to the thing I want, the liveness of the thing itself (Emily Carr Quotes) Indian Art broadened my seeing, loosened the formal tightness I had learned in England’s schools. Its bigness and stark reality baffled my white man’s understanding... I had been schooled to see outsides only, not struggle to pierce (Emily Carr Quotes) I can rise above the humility of my failure with an intense desire to search deeper and a blind faith that some day my sight may pierce through the veils that hide. I know God’s face is there if I keep my gaze steady enough (Emily Carr Quotes) The outstanding event was the doing which I am still at. Don’t pickle me awayas done. (Emily Carr Quotes) There is a side of friendship that develops better and stronger by correspondence than contact.... The absence of the flesh in writing perhaps brings souls nearer. (Emily Carr Quotes) Twenty can’t be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty’s eternal love affairs. (Emily Carr Quotes) I think that one’s art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows. (Emily Carr Quotes) Real art is religion, a search for the beauty of God deep in all things (Emily Carr Quotes) Writing is a splendid sorter of... feelings, better even than paint (Emily Carr Quotes) Trying to find equivalents for things in words helps me find equivalents in painting (Emily Carr Quotes) Inspiration is intention obeyed (Emily Carr Quotes) Art is art, nature is nature, you cannot improve upon it... Pictures should be inspired by nature, but made in the soul of the artist. It is the soul of the individual that counts (Emily Carr Quotes) The earth is soaked and soggy with rain. Everything is drinking its fill and the surplus gluts the drains. The sky is full of it and lies low over the earth, heavy and dense. Even the sea is wetter than usual! (Emily Carr Quotes) I made myself into an envelope into which I could thrust my work deep, lick the flap, seal it from everybody (Emily Carr Quotes) Life’s an awfully lonesome affair. You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming (Emily Carr Quotes) You will have to experiment and try things out for yourself and you will not be sure of what you are doing. That’s all right, you are feeling your way into the thing (Emily Carr Quotes) Art being so much greater than ourselves, it will not give up once it has taken hold (Emily Carr Quotes) Sometimes I could quit paint and take to charring. It must be fine to clean perfectly, to shine and polish and know that it could not be done better. In painting that never occurs (Emily Carr Quotes) There is no right and wrong way to paint except honestly or dishonestly. Honestly is trying for the bigger thing. Dishonestly is bluffing and getting through a smattering of surface representation with no meaning (Emily Carr Quotes)

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