“The skeleton was as happy as a madman whose straightjacket had been taken off. He felt liberated at being able to walk without flesh. The mosquitoes didn't bite him anymore. He didn't have to have his hair cut. He was… — Leonora Carrington Copy Share Image
“I am afraid I am going to drift into fiction, truthful but incomplete, for lack of some details which I cannot conjure up today and which might have enlightened us. This morning, the idea of the egg came again to my mind and I thought that I could use it as a crystal to look at Madrid in those days… — Leonora Carrington Copy Share
“Even though you won't believe me my story is beautiful And the serpent that sang it Sang it from out of the well.” — Leonora Carrington Copy Share Image
People under seventy and over seven are very unreliable if they are not cats. — Leonora Carrington Copy Share Image
“Do not give up hope entirely in spite of the horror of your situation. I am mobilising all my mental capacities to obtain your… — Leonora Carrington Copy Share Image
One has to be careful what one takes when one goes away forever. — Leonora Carrington Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be wonderful if I won a helicopter in a crossword puzzle competition? There is not much hope though I am afraid, as… — Leonora Carrington Copy Share Image
“Darling stop being philosophical, it doesn’t suit you, it makes your nose red.” — Leonora Carrington Copy Share Image
You may not believe in magic but something very strange is happening at this very moment. Your head has dissolved into thin air and… — Leonora Carrington Copy Share Image
I didn't have time to be anybody's muse; I was too busy rebelling against my parents and learning to be an artist. — Leonora Carrington Copy Share Image
Painting is my vehicle of transit. I don't always know where I am going or what it means. — Leonora Carrington Copy Share Image
