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Quotations Series

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

Mixed media painting, inspirational quotation, Nikos Kazantzakis quote, Karen Lynn Ingalls
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."
Mixed media painting, inspirational quotation, Nikos Kazantzakis quote, Karen Lynn Ingalls
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...."

Notes on Art, mixed media painting with collage, by Karen Lynn Ingalls
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, mixed media painting with collage, by Karen Lynn Ingalls
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, mixed media painting with collage, by Karen Lynn Ingalls
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, mixd media painting with collage, by 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."
Click here to see the California Landscape paintings of Karen Lynn Ingalls — 
including paintings of Napa Valley, Wine Country, and rolling Northern California hills.
California Landscape paintings of Karen Lynn Ingalls -- including paintings of Napa Valley, Wine Country, and rolling Northern California hills.
Click here to see the California Landscape paintings of Karen Lynn Ingalls, including paintings of Napa Valley, Wine Country, and rolling Northern California hills.
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