Leonora Carrington Professions : Artist Born : April 6, 1917 Died : May 25, 2011 Browse All Authors Top 31 quotes by Leonora Carrington There are things that are not sayable. That’s why we have art. Leonora Carrington art Art is a magic which makes the hours melt away and even days dissolve into seconds Leonora Carrington hours magic art We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves. Leonora Carrington garden light moving People under seventy and over seven are very unreliable if they are not cats. Leonora Carrington seven cat people You may not believe in magic but something very strange is happening at this very moment. Your head has dissolved into thin air and I can see the rhododendrons through your stomach. It's not that you are dead or anything dramatic like that, it is simply that you are fading away and I can't even remember your name. Leonora Carrington air names believe I've always had access to other worlds. We all do because we dream. Leonora Carrington other-worlds dream world I didn't have time to be anyone's muse... I was too busy rebelling against my family and learning to be an artist. Leonora Carrington muse artist busy [At age 92:] There are places I'd like to return to. But not as I was then but as I am now. 'Cause I'm trying to understand. And I've understood nothing. Leonora Carrington understanding age trying The task of the right eye is to peer into the telescope, while the left eye peers into the microscope. Leonora Carrington vision tasks eye Painting is my vehicle of transit. I don't always know where I am going or what it means. Leonora Carrington painting vehicle mean I often feel I am being burned at the stake just because I have always refused to give up that wonderful strange power I have inside me that becomes manifested when I am in harmonious communication with some other inspired being. Leonora Carrington strange giving-up communication One has to be careful what one takes when one goes away forever. Leonora Carrington careful be-careful forever Sentimentality is a form of fatigue. Leonora Carrington sentimentality fatigue form Military people never seem to apologize for killing each other yet novelists feel ashamed for writing some nice inert paper book that is not certain to be read by anybody. Leonora Carrington nice military book I never eat meat as I think it is wrong to deprive animals of their life when they are so difficult to chew anyway. Leonora Carrington meat animal thinking I warn you, I refuse to be an object. Leonora Carrington objects refuse Reason must know the heart's reasons and every other reason Leonora Carrington reason knows heart Thousands of people know my flannel knickers, and though I know this may seem flirtatious, it is not. I am a saint. Leonora Carrington flannels saint people Wouldn't it be wonderful if I won a helicopter in a crossword puzzle competition? There is not much hope though I am afraid, as they never give such practical prizes. Leonora Carrington competition wonderful giving I never thought of myself as a Surrealist. I didn't think of myself as anything. I try not to. We all have these egos. Leonora Carrington never thought myself think Similar Authors Burton Silverman artist Bruce Nauman artist Bruce Conner artist Brom artist Britney Spears artist Brigid Berlin artist All Authors
