I'll get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forge… - Grandma Moses

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I'll get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will know how we used to live.

Grandma Moses

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Anna Mary Robertson Moses (7 September 1860 – 13 December 1961), more famous by her nickname "Grandma Moses", was a renowned American folk artist.

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Birth Name: Anna Mary Robertson

Alternative Names: Anna Mary Robertson Moses • Anna Robertson [a.k.a. Grandma Moses] Moses • Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses • Mrs. Thomas S. Moses

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I look out the window sometimes to seek the color of the shadows and the different greens in the trees, but when I get ready to paint I just close my eyes and imagine a scene.

Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy.

I paint from the top down. From the sky, then the mountains, then the hills, then the houses, then the cattle, and then the people.

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