Grant Wood Inspirational Quotes (4)

I had to go to France to appreciate Iowa.

All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow.

Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, you all had great moments, but you never tasted the supreme triumph you were never a farm boy riding in from the fields on a bulging rack of new-mown hay.

Technique does not constitute art. Nor is it a vague, fuzzy romantic quality known as ‘beauty,’ remote from the realities of everyday life. It is the depth and intensity of an artist’s experience that are the first importance in art.