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Artist Quotes by Emily Carr

11 Artist quotes by Emily Carr

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Emily Carr’s reflections on what it means to be an artist pack into a compact set of eleven thoughts. Though modest in number, each line offers a window into her connection with nature and creativity, making this a handy starter for anyone curious about her artistic mindset.

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Art being so much greater than ourselves, it will not give up once it has taken hold.

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The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.

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Trying to find equivalents for things in words helps me find equivalents in painting.

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real art is religion, a search for the beauty of God deep in all things.

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Sometimes I could quit paint and take to charring. It must be fine to clean perfectly, to shine and polish and know…

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Art is art, nature is nature, you cannot improve upon it… Pictures should be inspired by nature, but made in the soul…

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Art is an aspect of God and there is only one God, but different people see Him in different ways. Though He…

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There is no right and wrong way to paint except honestly or dishonestly. Honestly is trying for the bigger thing. Dishonestly is…

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The biggest part of painting perhaps is faith, and waiting receptively, content to go any way, not planning or forcing. The fear,…

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I have been sent more ridiculous press notices. People are frequently comparing my work with Van Gogh... I do hope I do…

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Look at the earth crowded with growth, new and old bursting from their strong roots hidden in the silent, live ground, each…

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It's all the unwordable things one wants to write about, just as it's all the unformable things one wants to paint - essence.

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The biggest part of painting perhaps is faith, and waiting receptively, content to go any way, not planning or forcing. The fear, though, is…

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What a splendid time Woo must have had.

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The spirit must be felt so intensely that it has power to call others in passing, for it must pass, not stop in the…

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Inspiration is intention obeyed.

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Art being so much greater than ourselves, it will not give up once it has taken hold.

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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…

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Sometimes I could quit paint and take to charring. It must be fine to clean perfectly, to shine and polish and know that it…

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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…

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The sun enriched the old poles grandly... The mothers expressed all womanhood - the big wooden hands holding the child were so full of…

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Look at the earth crowded with growth, new and old bursting from their strong roots hidden in the silent, live ground, each seed according…

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Oh, the glory of growth, silent, mighty, persistent, inevitable! To awaken, to open up like a flower to the light of a fuller consciousness!

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