The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion. – Emily Carr
I think that ones art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows. – Emily Carr
I sat staring, staring, staring – half lost, learning a new language or rather the same language in a different dialect. So still were the big woods where I sat, sound might not yet have been born. – Emily Carr
Twenty cant be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twentys eternal love affairs. – Emily Carr
A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vain — then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system? – Robert A. Heinlein