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The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion.

Emily Carr

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Emily Carr
Age: 73 †
Born: 1871
Born: December 13
Died: 1945
Died: March 2
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M. Emily Carr
Emily M. Carr
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Let me not fuss and fret at my incompetence but be still and know that Thou art God.
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So still were the big woods where I sat, sound might not yet have been born.
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Go out there into the glory of the woods. See God in every particle of them expressing glory and strength and power, tenderness and protection. Know that they are God expressing God made manifest.
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Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your own soul.
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