I look back on my life like a good day’s work, it was done and I am satisfied with it.

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.

Source: As quoted in her obituary in The New York Times (14 December 1961).

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

Source: As quoted in New Leaves (1986) by Louise Matteoni.

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And life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

Source: Grandma Moses : My Life’s History (1951) Complete Sentence: I look back on my life like a good day’s work, it was done and I am satisfied with it. I was happy and contented, I knew nothing better and made the best out of what life offered. And life is what we make it, Read More…