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Susan Vreeland Quotes

Art history looks at art works and the people who have created them Picture Quote #1

To me, art begets art. Painting feeds the eye just as poetry feeds the ear, which is to say that both feed the soul Picture Quote #1

There is so much strife and tension in the world that I find the silent world of paintings from the past both hopeful and healing Picture Quote #1

When I was nine, my great grandfather, a landscape painter, taught me to mix colors. With his strong hand surrounding my small one, he guided the brush until a calla lily appeared as if by magic on a page of textured watercolor paper Picture Quote #1

To feel the grace of God in a painting of the dear, quiet commonness of a domestic interior, or in a landscape, seascape, cityscape, trains us to feel the grace of God in the thing itself in situ Picture Quote #1

I write about art out of gratitude to painters for the joy and spiritual uplift they have given me. Painters interpret for us the visual glories of God and, in this way, bring us closer to Him Picture Quote #1

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I ventured into fiction in 1988 with ‘What Love Sees,’ a biographical novel of a woman’s unwavering determination to lead a full life despite blindness Picture Quote #1

The Tiffany lamp is an American icon bridging the immigrants, settlement houses, and the slums of the Lower East Side and the wealthy industrialists of upper Manhattan, the Gilded Age and its excesses Picture Quote #1

The gift art gives us is that instead of seeing only our own world, we see into other times, which offers a window into other cultures and sensibilities Picture Quote #1

Whatever it is that can help to bring God close is something to be revered Picture Quote #1

When I see Tiffany windows in churches across the United States, I get a sense of spiritual upliftment from that Picture Quote #1

After one hundred days of confinement following a bone marrow transplant, I rejoiced in taking short walks to a nearby park as I was writing ‘Girl in Hyacinth Blue.’ The uncertainty of my survival made every blade of grass gorgeous in its green intensity, lifting itself up, doing its part to make the world beautiful Picture Quote #1

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I could say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, and that never changes. But the taste for art did change Picture Quote #1

I made my personal discovery of Emily Carr while visiting Victoria in 1981 to write a travel article. Immediately, her strong colors attracted me; her spunk fascinated me. Her down-to-earth voice in her writing appealed to me as authentic and original Picture Quote #1

I pored over art books and absorbed the placidness of Monet’s garden, the sparkling color of the Impressionists, the strength and solidity of Michelangelo’s figures showing the titanic power of humans at one with God, Jan Vermeer’s serene Dutch women bathed in gorgeous honey-colored light... My conviction grew that art was stronger than death Picture Quote #1

When I think how art education is eliminated whenever we get a budget crunch in the schools, I have to stand up and say that even when there was dire poverty ten blocks away from Tiffany Studios in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, there was art and creativity within Picture Quote #1

Where there is no human connection, there is no compassion. Without compassion, then community, commitment, loving-kindness, human understanding, and peace all shrivel. Individuals become isolated, the isolated turn cruel, and the tragic hovers in the forms of domestic and civil violence. Art and literature are antidotes to that Picture Quote #1

For a century, everyone assumed that the iconic Tiffany lamps were conceived and designed by that American master of stained glass. Not so! It was a woman! Picture Quote #1

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Writers have to be observant. Every nuance, every inflection in a voice, the quality of air, even - they all get mixed up in this soup of the story developing in our minds Picture Quote #1

Think hard before you begin, then enter the work Picture Quote #1

What the world calls failure, I call learning Picture Quote #1

Everybody works... That’s what life is. Work and a little play and a lot of prayer Picture Quote #1

God taking from us and loving us at the same time by providing comforters was a kind of spiritual equanimity. It seemed a phenomenon of life how a death insinuates us into the debt of those who stand by us in trouble and console us Picture Quote #1

Look long enough, out or in, and you’ll be glad you are who you are Picture Quote #1

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He and I had a bridge that no one else traveled that made us artistic lovers, passionate without a touch of the flesh. He made me thrive, and valuing that, I could do nothing that would endanger it Picture Quote #1

If two people love the same thing, she reasoned, then they must love each other, at least a little, even if they never say it Picture Quote #1

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Art history looks at art works and the people who have created them (Susan Vreeland Quotes) To me, art begets art. Painting feeds the eye just as poetry feeds the ear, which is to say that both feed the soul. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) There is so much strife and tension in the world that I find the silent world of paintings from the past both hopeful and healing. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) When I was nine, my great grandfather, a landscape painter, taught me to mix colors. With his strong hand surrounding my small one, he guided the brush until a calla lily appeared as if by magic on a page of textured watercolor paper. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) To feel the grace of God in a painting of the dear, quiet commonness of a domestic interior, or in a landscape, seascape, cityscape, trains us to feel the grace of God in the thing itself in situ. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) I write about art out of gratitude to painters for the joy and spiritual uplift they have given me. Painters interpret for us the visual glories of God and, in this way, bring us closer to Him. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) I ventured into fiction in 1988 with ‘What Love Sees,’ a biographical novel of a woman’s unwavering determination to lead a full life despite blindness. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) The Tiffany lamp is an American icon bridging the immigrants, settlement houses, and the slums of the Lower East Side and the wealthy industrialists of upper Manhattan, the Gilded Age and its excesses. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) The gift art gives us is that instead of seeing only our own world, we see into other times, which offers a window into other cultures and sensibilities. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) Whatever it is that can help to bring God close is something to be revered (Susan Vreeland Quotes) When I see Tiffany windows in churches across the United States, I get a sense of spiritual upliftment from that. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) After one hundred days of confinement following a bone marrow transplant, I rejoiced in taking short walks to a nearby park as I was writing ‘Girl in Hyacinth Blue.’ The uncertainty of my survival made every blade of grass gorgeous in its green intensity, lifting itself up, doing its part to make the world beautiful. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) I could say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, and that never changes. But the taste for art did change. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) I made my personal discovery of Emily Carr while visiting Victoria in 1981 to write a travel article. Immediately, her strong colors attracted me; her spunk fascinated me. Her down-to-earth voice in her writing appealed to me as authentic and original. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) I pored over art books and absorbed the placidness of Monet’s garden, the sparkling color of the Impressionists, the strength and solidity of Michelangelo’s figures showing the titanic power of humans at one with God, Jan Vermeer’s serene Dutch women bathed in gorgeous honey-colored light... My conviction grew that art was stronger than death. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) When I think how art education is eliminated whenever we get a budget crunch in the schools, I have to stand up and say that even when there was dire poverty ten blocks away from Tiffany Studios in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, there was art and creativity within. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) Where there is no human connection, there is no compassion. Without compassion, then community, commitment, loving-kindness, human understanding, and peace all shrivel. Individuals become isolated, the isolated turn cruel, and the tragic hovers in the forms of domestic and civil violence. Art and literature are antidotes to that. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) For a century, everyone assumed that the iconic Tiffany lamps were conceived and designed by that American master of stained glass. Not so! It was a woman! (Susan Vreeland Quotes) Writers have to be observant. Every nuance, every inflection in a voice, the quality of air, even - they all get mixed up in this soup of the story developing in our minds. (Susan Vreeland Quotes) Think hard before you begin, then enter the work (Susan Vreeland Quotes) What the world calls failure, I call learning (Susan Vreeland Quotes) Everybody works... That’s what life is. Work and a little play and a lot of prayer (Susan Vreeland Quotes) God taking from us and loving us at the same time by providing comforters was a kind of spiritual equanimity. It seemed a phenomenon of life how a death insinuates us into the debt of those who stand by us in trouble and console us (Susan Vreeland Quotes) Look long enough, out or in, and you’ll be glad you are who you are (Susan Vreeland Quotes) He and I had a bridge that no one else traveled that made us artistic lovers, passionate without a touch of the flesh. He made me thrive, and valuing that, I could do nothing that would endanger it (Susan Vreeland Quotes) If two people love the same thing, she reasoned, then they must love each other, at least a little, even if they never say it (Susan Vreeland Quotes)