"in painting I try to make some logic out of the world that has been given to me in chaos. I have a very pretentious idea that I want to make life, I want to make sense out of it. The fact that I am doomed to failure - that doesn't deter me in the least."

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Source : "Contemporary Artists: A-K" by Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, (p. 680), 2002.

Grace Hartigan

#Art Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The missing aren't missing, they're only departed, All minds keep all thoughts - so like gold - closely guarded,”
“Artists need to fill themselves to overflowing and give it all back.”
“I'm no longer quite sure what the question is, but I do know that the answer is Yes.”

Source : "The Unanswered Question" by David Cairns, www.nytimes.com. May 23, 1976.
“There isn't a new sorrow in the world -- they're all old ones -- but we can all find new happiness if we look in the right way.”
“Looking around the world at these wildlife, it's abundantly clear that humans have benefited from nature in so many ways but have also brought many species to the brink of extinction...The American people that I interact with through my IS Foundation work do not want to allow this to happen; they do not want to let these species go without a fight; and they see the way in which nature provides for people around the world.”
“I'm a very good dishwasher. I'm a terrible cook. I'm an awful cook.”
“You don't throw away a whole life just because it's banged up a little.”
“Being a parent is amazing.”

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