Art being so much greater than ourselves, it will not give up once it has taken hold. — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion. — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
Trying to find equivalents for things in words helps me find equivalents in painting. — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
real art is religion, a search for the beauty of God deep in all things. — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
Sometimes I could quit paint and take to charring. It must be fine to clean perfectly, to shine and polish and know… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
Art is art, nature is nature, you cannot improve upon it… Pictures should be inspired by nature, but made in the soul… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
Art is an aspect of God and there is only one God, but different people see Him in different ways. Though He… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
There is no right and wrong way to paint except honestly or dishonestly. Honestly is trying for the bigger thing. Dishonestly is… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
The biggest part of painting perhaps is faith, and waiting receptively, content to go any way, not planning or forcing. The fear,… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
I have been sent more ridiculous press notices. People are frequently comparing my work with Van Gogh... I do hope I do… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
Look at the earth crowded with growth, new and old bursting from their strong roots hidden in the silent, live ground, each… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
It's all the unwordable things one wants to write about, just as it's all the unformable things one wants to paint - essence. — Emily Carr Copy Share
The biggest part of painting perhaps is faith, and waiting receptively, content to go any way, not planning or forcing. The fear, though, is… — Emily Carr Copy Share
The spirit must be felt so intensely that it has power to call others in passing, for it must pass, not stop in the… — Emily Carr Copy Share
Art being so much greater than ourselves, it will not give up once it has taken hold. — Emily Carr Copy Share
Oh, I wonder if I will ever feel the burst of birth-joy, that knowing that the indescribable, joyous thing that has wooed and wond… — Emily Carr Copy Share
Sometimes I could quit paint and take to charring. It must be fine to clean perfectly, to shine and polish and know that it… — Emily Carr Copy Share
How badly I want that nameless thing! First there must be an idea, a feeling... Maybe it was an abstract idea that you've got… — Emily Carr Copy Share
The sun enriched the old poles grandly... The mothers expressed all womanhood - the big wooden hands holding the child were so full of… — Emily Carr Copy Share
Look at the earth crowded with growth, new and old bursting from their strong roots hidden in the silent, live ground, each seed according… — Emily Carr Copy Share
Oh, the glory of growth, silent, mighty, persistent, inevitable! To awaken, to open up like a flower to the light of a fuller consciousness! — Emily Carr Copy Share
The earth is soaked and soggy with rain. Everything is drinking its fill and the surplus gluts the drains. The sky is full of… — Emily Carr Copy Share
