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Leonora Carrington quotes

British Artist April 6, 1917 – May 25, 2011

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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
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
This was most alarming, what sort of terrible toil had deranged the poor woman? Would I also have to work day and night till I couldn't stop talking? Perhaps they made her shovel coal for a huge furnace, probably they kept a private crematorium, old people do keep dying off. Maybe they had a chain gang too and we would have to chop stones and sing sea shanties (this would explain why she wore the yachting cap.) Leonora Carrington
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
Anyway, Art [making] is a magic which makes the hours melt away and even days dissolve into seconds, isn't that so, dear lady? Leonora Carrington
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
Leonora Carrington quote: "The task of the right eye is to peer into the telescope, while..."
The task of the right eye is to peer into the telescope, while the left eye peers into the microscope. Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington quote: "The duty of the right eye is to plunge into the telescope,..."
The duty of the right eye is to plunge into the telescope, whereas the left eye interrogates the microscope Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington quote: "Darling stop being philosophical it doesn't suit you, it makes..."
Darling stop being philosophical it doesn't suit you, it makes your nose red. Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington quote: "People under seventy and over seven are very unreliable if..."
People under seventy and over seven are very unreliable if they are not cats. Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington quote: "One has to be careful what one takes when one goes away forever."
One has to be careful what one takes when one goes away forever. Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington quote: "Reason must know the heart's reasons and every other reason"
Reason must know the heart's reasons and every other reason Leonora Carrington
Leonora Carrington quote: "Sentimentality is a form of fatigue."
Sentimentality is a form of fatigue. Leonora Carrington

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