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There is no right and wrong way to paint except honestly or dishonestly. Honestly is trying for the bigger thing. Dishonestly is bluffing and getting through a smattering of surface representation with no meaning.

Emily Carr

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Emily Carr
Age: 73 †
Born: 1871
Born: December 13
Died: 1945
Died: March 2
Artist
Autobiographer
Painter
Writer
M. Emily Carr
Emily M. Carr
Klee Wyck
Getting
Representation
Wrong
Honestly
Right
Surface
Thing
Paint
Trying
Except
Way
Bigger
Smattering
Meaning
Dishonestly
Painting
Bluffing

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