#pain

Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety; and to a point we can prevent premature exposure to such experiences. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#beyond #certainly #children #comprehension #emotional

I did not know how to paint a mural. I did not know how to prepare the surface. There was nobody from the Renaissance around who could advise me, and I did the best I could. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#around #best #could #did #how

I have to accept my role. I will never kill myself like Vincent Van Gogh. Nor will I paint beautiful water lilies like Monet. I can't do that. I'm in the idiot role of being a kiddie book person. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#beautiful #being #book #gogh #i

Some say they see poetry in my paintings; I see only science. ↗

— Georges Seurat

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After my divorce, painting took me out of panic mode and into a serene, calm place. I could absolutely lose myself. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#after #calm #could #divorce #i

Every once in a while I go off to do a movie or a television series and I take my art with me. I can stay in character when I paint. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#character #every #go #i #i can

I learn my lines while on the golf course. I try to do two or three things at once. I have ideas for books all the time, I have ideas for paintings all the time, and I write them all down. I take my sketchpad and my iPad, which I design on, and I do sit down and do specific tasks at specific times. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#course #design #down #golf #golf course

I spend my afternoons painting and working on my Open Hearts jewelry line for Kay Jewelers. I designed an image of a heart that isn't completely closed. My mom always told me to live with an open heart - when life gets tough, you should go out and help someone else. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#closed #completely #designed #else #gets

People ask me how I keep my figure, and I tell them it's because I paint. When you're covered in paint, it's quite hard to put food in your mouth! ↗

— Jane Seymour

#because #covered #figure #food #hard

When I started painting 17 years ago, I never imagined that anyone would look at my work or buy my pieces. But now I do about 14 exhibitions each year. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#ago #anyone #buy #each #exhibitions