Grandma Moses Quote

I'll get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will know how we used to live.


As quoted in her obituary in The New York Times (14 December 1961)

Grandma Moses Is Dead at 101; Primitive Artist 'Just Wore Out'


I'll get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will...

I'll get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will...

I'll get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will...

I'll get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will...