Doris McCarthy Quotes

• The real function of the artist is to give fresh vision to their own generation.

  Doris McCarthy

  Real, Artist, Giving

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• Writing gave me a second chance - not to change things, but to savor them. That is a great gift.

  Doris McCarthy

  Writing, Second Chance, Chance

  Doris McCarthy (2006). “Doris McCarthy: My Life”, p.9, Second Story Press

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• You are actually constructing... what your head understood about what your eyes saw.

  Doris McCarthy

  Eye, Saws, Construction

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• Take a moment to think... See - logically.

  Doris McCarthy

  Thinking, Moments

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• I don't want to see any art-writing gobbledygook or overblown words in an essay about me. If a smaller, simpler word will do - use it.

  Doris McCarthy

  Art, Writing, Use

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• My paintings are so legible, I feel guilty.

  Doris McCarthy

  Understanding, Painting, Guilty

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