Emily Carr quotes

Emily Carr was a Canadian painter and writer, celebrated for her vivid depictions of the landscapes and Indigenous cultures of the Pacific Northwest. Her work played a significant role in the development of modern art in Canada. She is remembered as one of the country’s most influential and pioneering artists. Here are 15 of her quotes:

If you're going to lick the icing off somebody else's cake you won't be nourished and it won't do you any good,--or you might find the cake had caraway seeds and you hate them. (Emily Carr)
There is something bigger than fact: the underlying spirit, all it stands for, the mood, the vastness, the wildness. View quote
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You come into the world alone and you go out of the world alone yet it seems to me you are more alone while living than even going and coming. View quote
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Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your own soul. View quote
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Oh, Spring! I want to go out and feel you and get inspiration. My old things seem dead. I want fresh contacts, more vital searching. View quote
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I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows. View quote
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It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw. View quote
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Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence. View quote
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You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion. View quote
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The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion. View quote
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You always feel when you look it straight in the eye that you could have put more into it, could have let yourself go and dug harder. (Emily Carr)
The men resent a woman getting any honour in what they consider is essentially their field. Men painters mostly despise women painters. So I have decided to stop squirming, to throw any honour in with Canada and women. View quote
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Trees love to toss and sway; they make such happy noises. View quote
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I wonder will death be much lonelier than life. Life's an awfully lonesome affair. View quote
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Twenty can't be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty's eternal love affairs. View quote
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Emily Carr

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Occupation: Canadian Painter
Born: December 13, 1871
Died: March 2, 1945
Quotes count: 15
Wikipedia: Emily Carr

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