Paint Like Quotes by Leonora Carrington

“I am afraid I am going to drift into fiction, truthful but incomplete, for lack of some details which I cannot conjure up today…

— Leonora Carrington

“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

Reason must know the heart's reasons and every other reason

— Leonora Carrington

People under seventy and over seven are very unreliable if they are not cats.

— Leonora Carrington

One is born, one lives, one dies. What death is, I don't know.

— Leonora Carrington

“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

One has to be careful what one takes when one goes away forever.

— Leonora Carrington

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

“Darling stop being philosophical, it doesn’t suit you, it makes your nose red.”

— Leonora Carrington

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

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

Painting is my vehicle of transit. I don't always know where I am going or what it means.

— Leonora Carrington

[At age 92:] There are places I'd like to return to. But not as I was then but as I am now. 'Cause I'm…

— Leonora Carrington

I didn't have time to be anyone's muse... I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist.

— Leonora Carrington

What would anyone want to write about me for? I'm just an old lady.

— Leonora Carrington