Grandma Moses quotes

Grandma Moses was an American folk artist famous for her vibrant and nostalgic paintings depicting rural life. Her work captured simple moments and landscapes with charm and authenticity. She inspired people worldwide by beginning her painting career late in life and achieving great success. Here are 10 of her quotes:

A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells. (Grandma Moses)
I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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If I hadn't started painting, I would have raised chickens. View quote
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Memory is a painter. Paintin's not important. The important thing is keepin' busy. View quote
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A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one is of today, the other of tomorrow. Memory is history recorded in our brain, memory is a painter, it paints pictures of the past and of the day. View quote
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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. View quote
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If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin' chickens. View quote
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Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. View quote
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Grandma Moses

Grandma Moses - Image
Occupation: American Artist
Born: September 7, 1860
Died: December 13, 1961
Quotes count: 10

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