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> [I'll get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will know how we used to live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/i-ll-get-an-inspiration-and-start-painting-then-i-ll-forget/)

[Grandma Moses](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grandma-moses/)

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## More by Grandma Moses

> [I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday... I look back on my life as a good day's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/i-have-written-my-life-in-small-sketches-a-little-today-a-little/)

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> [I'll get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/i-ll-get-an-inspiration-and-start-painting-then-i-ll-forget/)

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> [People should take time to be happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/people-should-take-time-to-be-happy/)

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> [Now that I am ninety-five years old, looking back over the years, I have seen many changes taking place, so many inventions have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/now-that-i-am-ninety-five-years-old-looking-back-over-the-years-i/)

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> [Someone has asked me to paint Biblical pictures, and I say no, I'll not paint something that we know nothing about, might just as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/someone-has-asked-me-to-paint-biblical-pictures-and-i-say-no-i-ll-not/)

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> [I like to paint something that leads me on and on into the unknown, something that I want to see away on beyond.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/i-like-to-paint-something-that-leads-me-on-and-on-into-the-unknown/)

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> [ I don't advise any one to take it \[painting\] up as a business proposition, unless they really have talent... But I will say that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/i-don-t-advise-any-one-to-take-it-painting-up-as-a-business/)

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> [If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin' chickens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/if-you-know-somethin-well-you-can-always-paint-it-but-people-would-be/)

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> [Even now / I am not old. / I never think of it, and yet / I am a grandmother to eleven grandchildren.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/even-now-i-am-not-old-i-never-think-of-it-and-yet-i-am-a-grandmother/)

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> [I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/i-look-out-the-window-sometimes-to-seek-the-color-of-the-shadows-and/)

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> [I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/i-would-never-sit-back-in-a-rocking-chair-waiting-for-someone-to-help/)

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> [I paint from the top down. From the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the houses, then the cattle, and then the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/i-paint-from-the-top-down-from-the-sky-then-the-mountains-then-the/)

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> [If I hadn't started painting, I would have raised chickens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/if-i-hadn-t-started-painting-i-would-have-raised-chickens/)

[Grandma Moses](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grandma-moses/)

> [Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/life-is-what-we-make-it-always-has-been-always-will-be/)

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> [I have written my life in small sketches, a little today, a little yesterday, as I have thought of it, as I remember all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grandma-moses/i-have-written-my-life-in-small-sketches-a-little-today-a-little-2/)

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