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Rita Angus
9 quotes
“I haven't any desire for success or the limelight, and no further wish to explain myself. Neither do I wish to play, any more than I can help, a part in the world of petty tyranny, greed and murder, and war ... My pacifism and my paintings are now closely linked.”
Rita Angus (1908–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Angus in a letter to composer Douglas Lilburn. As stated in NZ On Screen's "Lovely Rita," NZ On Screen 2007. NZ On Screen. Published: 2007.
“I live alone to work ... My friends are very few now, but more quality. Friends, family and works of art are the only reasons why I live.”
Rita Angus (1908–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As stated in NZ On Screen's "Lovely Rita," NZ On Screen 2007. NZ On Screen. Published: 2007.
“It's all there, the strangeness, colour, exhilaration.”
Rita Angus (1908–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As stated in Te Papa's "Audio descriptions for Rita Angus New Zealand Modernist," Te Papa 2021-2022. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Published: 2021-2022.
“I've tried through the medium of paint to express ... how simple and wonderful living is ...”
Rita Angus (1908–1970) first seen 1944 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1944 quote. As stated in Te Papa's "Audio descriptions for Rita Angus New Zealand Modernist," Te Papa 2021-2022. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Published: 2021-2022.
“I have been able to devote my energies to what I really am, a woman painter. It is my life.”
Rita Angus (1908–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As stated in Te Papa's "Audio descriptions for Rita Angus New Zealand Modernist," Te Papa 2021-2022. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Published: 2021-2022.
“I have never lost my faith in my painting, my work, as a child or an adult, in sickness or health, success or failure, peace or war ...”
Rita Angus (1908–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As stated in Te Papa's "Audio descriptions for Rita Angus New Zealand Modernist," Te Papa 2021-2022. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Published: 2021-2022.
“I am still trying to express ... the vast variations & endless possibilities in paint.”
Rita Angus (1908–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As stated in Te Papa's "Audio descriptions for Rita Angus New Zealand Modernist," Te Papa 2021-2022. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Published: 2021-2022.
“I, as other painters do, live to paint and paint to live.”
Rita Angus (1908–1970) said by 1970 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Angus' letter to Gordon Brown. As stated in City Gallery Wellington's "Rita Angus: Live to Paint and Paint to Live," City Gallery Wellington 2001. City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi. Published: 2001.
“I paint colour as a woman sees and hears...”
Rita Angus (1908–1970) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Angus wrote in 1948. As stated in Designers Institute of New Zealand's "Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa Rita Angus: He Ringatoi Hou o Aotearoa, New Zealand Modernist," Designers Institute of New Zealand 2022. De…