Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer Inspirational Quotes (3)

We must give ourselves more earnestly and intelligently and generously than we have to the happy duty of appreciation.

Let us look ahead as little as possible, keeping our eyes on … the world of beauty around us.

Let us shun self-analyzation, self-consciousness, morbidness, affectation, attitudinizing. Let us look ahead as little as possible, keeping our eyes on our brushes and on the world of beauty around us.