Quotations Series

Because life is just plain better with a pithy quotation or two to keep under your hat....

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The Sprouting of Wings • 20" x 16" • mixed media painting on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls

This quotation comes from Nikos Kazantzakis, from his novel The Last Temptation of Christ — and it reads: "Life on earth means: to eat bread and transform the bread into wings, to drink water and to transform the water into wings. Life on earth means: the sprouting of wings."

Paint Paradise • 20" x 16" • mixed media painting on canvas • © Karen Lynn Ingalls

Another favorite quotation of mine from Nikos Kazantzakis, this reads "You have a brush. You have your color. Paint Paradise. Then go in...."

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Notes on Art • © Karen Lynn Ingalls

From a quotation by painter Thomas Hart Benton:  "You have to do the damn thing."

Do It On Purpose • © Karen Lynn Ingalls

From a quotation by Dolly Parton:  "Find out who you are, and do it on purpose."

Just Watch Me • © Karen Lynn Ingalls

This reads:  "You think I can't do this? Just watch me.... Be careful when I start using the knives." (Quotation from Karen Lynn Ingalls)

Begin It • © Karen Lynn Ingalls

From a quotation by Goethe, translated into English:  "Whatever you would do, begin it. Boldness has courage, genius, and magic in it."