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Emily Carr was a renowned Canadian artist known for her unique West Coast Indigenous art style and landscape paintings. Her works profoundly depicted the natural landscapes and Indigenous cultures of British Columbia, Canada, and had a profound impact on the Canadian art world.

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Famous Emily Carr Quotes

“Rentals sank, living rose. I could not afford help. I must be owner, agent, landlady and janitor. I loathed landladying... I tried in every way to augment my income. Small fruit, hens, rabbits, dogs - pottery... I never painted now - had neither time nor wanting. For about fifteen years I did not paint.”

Way Years Helping Dog Rose Fruit Paint Income Agents Owners Fifteen Rabbits Fifteen Years Hens Pottery Janitor

Author:Emily Carr

“My mountain is dead. As soon as she has dried, I'll bury her under a decent layer of white paint. But I haven't done with the old lady; far from it!”

Done White Havens Mountain Determination Paint Decent Layers Old Lady

Book:Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr

Source: Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr

“It's all the unwordable things one wants to write about, just as it's all the unformable things one wants to paint - essence.”

Want Writing Essence Paint

Book:Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr

Source: Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr

“Writing is a splendid sorter of... feelings, better even than paint.”

Writing Feelings Paint Feel Better Splendid

Author:Emily Carr

“There is no right and wrong way to paint except honestly or dishonestly. Honestly is trying for the bigger thing. Dishonestly is bluffing and getting through a smattering of surface representation with no meaning.”

Way Trying Painting Bigger Paint Surface Honestly Representation Wrong Way

Book:Opposite Contraries: The Unknown Journals of Emily Carr and Other Writings

Source: Opposite Contraries: The Unknown Journals of Emily Carr and Other Writings

“Sometimes I could quit paint and take to charring. It must be fine to clean perfectly, to shine and polish and know that it could not be done better. In painting that never occurs.”

Knows Sometimes Done Painting Fine Perfection Shining Clean Paint Quitting Polish

Book:Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr

Source: Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr

“Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your own soul.”

Knows Writing Soul Paint Careful Be Careful

Book:Klee Wyck

Source: Klee Wyck

About the Author

Born: December 13, 1871
Died: March 2, 1945
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 71

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Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily CarrRelated source material

The Emily Carr OmnibusRelated source material

Growing Pains: The Autobiography of Emily CarrRelated source material

Klee WyckRelated source material

Opposite Contraries: The Unknown Journals of Emily Carr and Other WritingsRelated source material

Hundreds and thousandsRelated source material

Sunlight in the shadows: the landscape of Emily CarrRelated source material

The Emily Carr collectionRelated source material

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