Creative Quotations from . . .
Grandma Moses
(1860-1961) born on Sep 07
US folk painter. She started painting in her late 70s; best known for her documentary paintings of rural life.
 
   
F
Life is what we make it; always has been, always will be."

R
Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy.
A
"I don't advise any one to take it up as a business proposition, unless they really have talent, and are crippled so as to deprive them of physical labor."
N
"I paint from the top down. From the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the houses, then the cattle, and then the people."
K
"I look back on my life a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Words of Women Quotations for Success," by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997."
R: "In "Words of Women Quotations for Success," by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997."
A: "Referring to painting. The New York Times," 'How Do I Paint?', 11 May 1947"
N: Grandma Moses: My Life's History
K: Grandma Moses: My Life's History



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