--- title: "4 Joy Hester Quotes - Famous Painter (Dear Sun)" description: "Joy St Clair Hester was an Australian artist. She was a member of the Angry Penguins movement and the Heide Circle who played an integral role in the de..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b162/author-marsha-mason-53761.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Joy Hester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b162/author-marsha-mason-53761.jpg) # Joy Hester (1920–1960) Painter Australia **4** quotes in **24** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Joy Hester was a painter from Australia, best known for *Dear Sun*. ## Quick Facts About Joy Hester Born August 21, 1920 Died December 4, 1960 Nationality Australia Profession Painter Notable works Dear Sun Spouse Gray Smith ## About Joy Hester Joy St Clair Hester was an Australian artist. She was a member of the Angry Penguins movement and the Heide Circle who played an integral role in the development of Australian Modernism. Hester is best known for her bold and expressive ink drawings. Her work was charged with a heightened awareness of mortality due to the death of her father during her childhood, the threat of war, and her personal experience with Hodgkin's disease. Hester is most well known for the series Face, Sleep, and Love (1948–49) as well as the later works, The Lovers (1956–58). ## Quotes by Joy Hester > [It is really a tightrope sort of thing, living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-hester/it-is-really-a-tightrope-sort-of-thing-living/) Joy Hester [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21d/joy-hester-74033_living_it-is-really-a-tightrope-sort-of-thing-l_807126.png) > [Somehow, one never really runs away, or I never have, and I find that the faster I go the more catches up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-hester/somehow-one-never-really-runs-away-or-i-never-have-and-i-find-that/) Joy Hester [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/joy-hester-74033_faster_somehow-one-never-really-runs-away-or-i_862205.png) > [I am quite reactionary about Aussies travelling. Why, we've only been here a hundred years. What can be added by going before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-hester/i-am-quite-reactionary-about-aussies-travelling-why-we-ve-only-been/) Joy Hester [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69e/joy-hester-74033_answers_i-am-quite-reactionary-about-aussies-tra_1883522.jpg) > [“The night-sigh comes and funeral march of years repeat, and ebb away. And in a golden glass I see the dream-wished day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-hester/the-night-sigh-comes-and-funeral-march-of-years-repeat-and-ebb-away/) Joy Hester [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/joy-hester-74033_march_the-night-sigh-comes-and-funeral-march-o_2906195.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-hester/#itemlist", "name": "Joy Hester Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is really a tightrope sort of thing, living.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joy Hester" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-hester/it-is-really-a-tightrope-sort-of-thing-living/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21d/joy-hester-74033_living_it-is-really-a-tightrope-sort-of-thing-l_807126.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21d/joy-hester-74033_living_it-is-really-a-tightrope-sort-of-thing-l_807126.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21d/joy-hester-74033_living_it-is-really-a-tightrope-sort-of-thing-l_807126.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is really a tightrope sort of thing, living.” — Joy Hester", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Somehow, one never really runs away, or I never have, and I find that the faster I go the more catches up with me... all the while time stands, to me, still - straight up and down like a great white sheet.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joy Hester" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-hester/somehow-one-never-really-runs-away-or-i-never-have-and-i-find-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/joy-hester-74033_faster_somehow-one-never-really-runs-away-or-i_862205.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/joy-hester-74033_faster_somehow-one-never-really-runs-away-or-i_862205.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/934/joy-hester-74033_faster_somehow-one-never-really-runs-away-or-i_862205.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Somehow, one never really runs away, or I never have, and I find that the faster I go the more catches up…” — Joy Hester", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am quite reactionary about Aussies travelling. 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