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“I’ve got to figure out before I die whether I want to be happy or I want to be right.”
― The Good Daughter
― The Good Daughter
“She believes Marianne lacks ‘warmth’, by which she means the ability to beg for love from people who hate her.”
― Normal People
― Normal People
“... I think I intuitively suspected that perspective would put me outside the painting. I didn't want that. I wanted to get close to those tables and chairs, to jump in and feel myself dancing with them, even as I sat drawing them. I didn't want things to lie down; I wanted them to come forward, to beckon and call, to be noticed on the paper as I was noticing them in real life. I wanted the viewer to have a direct connection with the objects, to feel as happy as I was in their presence.”
― Living Color: Painting, Writing, and the Bones of Seeing
― Living Color: Painting, Writing, and the Bones of Seeing
“When you draw and pay attention to what is, it's a form of being present. This inspires the mind, makes it happy, and the heart wants to express more.”
― Living Color: Painting, Writing, and the Bones of Seeing
― Living Color: Painting, Writing, and the Bones of Seeing
“Every place always has somebody who doesn’t fit in. That’s what makes them fit in.”
― The Good Daughter
― The Good Daughter
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