Leonora Carrington quotes

Leonora Carrington was a British artist and writer, closely associated with the Surrealist movement. Her fantastical paintings and stories explored dreamlike worlds, mythology, and the subconscious. She became an influential figure in both European and Mexican art circles. Here are 9 of her quotes:

People under seventy and over seven are very unreliable if they are not cats. (Leonora Carrington)
Sentimentality is a form of fatigue. View quote
Leonora Carrington
We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves. View quote
Leonora Carrington
One has to be careful what one takes when one goes away forever. View quote
Leonora Carrington
Reason must know the heart's reasons and every other reason. View quote
Leonora Carrington
Art is a magic which makes the hours melt away and even days dissolve into seconds. View quote
Leonora Carrington
I didn't have time to be anyone's muse... I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist. View quote
Leonora Carrington
The task of the right eye is to peer into the telescope, while the left eye peers into the microscope. View quote
Leonora Carrington
I never eat meat as I think it is wrong to deprive animals of their life when they are so difficult to chew anyway. View quote
Leonora Carrington

Leonora Carrington

Occupation: British Artist
Born: April 6, 1917
Died: May 25, 2011
Quotes count: 9

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