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> [We must ask nothing of artists but to be of their own time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-gray/we-must-ask-nothing-of-artists-but-to-be-of-their-own-time/)

[Eileen Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-gray/)

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## More by Eileen Gray

> [“My favourite all time quote is from Eileen Gray, the subject of my new book The Interview. She believed, 'to create one must first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-gray/my-favourite-all-time-quote-is-from-eileen-gray-the-subject-of-my-new/)

[Eileen Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-gray/)

> [The future projects light, the past only clouds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-gray/the-future-projects-light-the-past-only-clouds/)

[Eileen Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-gray/)

> [A house is not a machine to live in. It is the shell of man, his extension, his release, his spiritual emanation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-gray/a-house-is-not-a-machine-to-live-in-it-is-the-shell-of-man-his/)

[Eileen Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-gray/)

> [We must ask nothing of artists but to be of their own time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-gray/we-must-ask-nothing-of-artists-but-to-be-of-their-own-time/)

[Eileen Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-gray/)

> [To create, one must first question everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-gray/to-create-one-must-first-question-everything/)

[Eileen Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-gray/)

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