Janice Tanton Quotes

#1. You can either buy shoes or paint.

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#2. I colour for a living. When I am a good artist, the only difference between me and a child is that I am more wrinkled. When I am not being a good artist, the only difference between me and a child is every difference imaginable.

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#3. I care about the human race, and I strive to understand it.

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#4. If you would listen to every stroke of my brush, I would never need to speak again.

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#5. I saw a great bumper sticker that read: 'Do something that scares you every day.' That really stuck with me. I try to live like that.

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#6. Sometimes I misstep into something perhaps I shouldn't, but with age comes a thick, high pair of rubber boots to wade through the barnyard. We should all have to get to the dirt and 'muck out' at some point in our lives.

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#7. There are many things one thinks about in a painting. Often, it's how to handle your chosen medium and how to best reveal the light in a three-dimensional form on a two-dimensional surface.

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#8. Creatives are feared and ridiculed ... and at the same time highly valued for their ability to see things that others do not.

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#9. Living in my head isn't fun sometimes. A kajillion thoughts are there at any one time, and the only place I find peace is at the easel.

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