Grandma Moses

Also known as Kallir 1975

Notable quotes

“I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just close my eyes and imagine a scene.”
— As quoted in Time magazine, Vol. 52 (1948)
“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.”
— As quoted in her obituary in The New York Times (14 December 1961)
“Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy.”
— As quoted in New Leaves (1986) by Louise Matteoni
“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.”
— As quoted in Tampa Bay Magazine‎ (January/February 2008), p. 205
“A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.”
— As quoted in Grandma Moses, American Primitive : Forty Paintings (1947) by Otto Kallir
“If I hadn't started painting, I would have raised chickens.”
— As quoted in Grandma Moses, American Primitive : Forty Paintings (1947) by Otto Kallir

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