The motivation to paint seems more pure, or at least more personal, when the artist is doing it for herself. — Liza Campbell Copy Share Image
Ivy [Wilkes] does exhibit a certain impatience at the beginning of the book [The Dissemblers]. She doesn't want to wait through years of hard… — Liza Campbell Copy Share
[Ivy Wilkes] loves [Georgia] O'Keeffe's work, but is not satisfied by just looking at the paintings; she wants the painting to be her own.… — Liza Campbell Copy Share
I lived in New Mexico until I was seventeen, and honestly I've been homesick ever since I left. — Liza Campbell Copy Share
I started writing about New Mexico in an autobiography class I was taking for school, and realized that it was very inspiring place for… — Liza Campbell Copy Share
I read letters and journal entries by [Georgia] O'Keeffe (which were infinitely more useful than any critical analysis of her work). — Liza Campbell Copy Share
At the beginning of the book [The Dissemblers], Ivy [Wilkes] has a long way to go in order to achieve self-sufficiency. Although she is… — Liza Campbell Copy Share
I am currently in nursing school, so one day I will be both a nurse and a writer. — Liza Campbell Copy Share
I was only loosely aware of [Georgia] O'Keeffe's work. Primarily, I had seen her famous paintings of skulls with flowers, which are not my… — Liza Campbell Copy Share
Because Ivy [Wilkes] is just starting out as an artist, I wanted to focus on [Georgia] O'Keeffe's experiences when she was just starting out.… — Liza Campbell Copy Share
When Ivy [Wilkes] begins her work in forgery, she doesn't yet know the toll that it will take on her own original work. She… — Liza Campbell Copy Share
Does art play a role in the greater good of society, or does it just promote the satisfaction of the artist? I go back… — Liza Campbell Copy Share
I was loosely aware that most of my characters were fundamentally selfish people, but I didn't intentionally make that a theme. — Liza Campbell Copy Share
I hope to work through disappointment and frustration with as much grace as [Georgia] O'Keeffe did, and I hope to have the same confidence… — Liza Campbell Copy Share
