Quotes by Leonora Carrington

About Leonora Carrington:

Leonora Carrington was a English-born Mexican artist, surrealist painter, and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City, and was one of the last surviving participants in the Surrealist movement of the 1930s. Leonora Carrington was also a founding member of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Mexico during the 1970s.
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I had a cup of tea, thought about my day and mostly about the horse whom, though I'd only known him a short time, I called my friend. I have few friends and am glad to have a horse for a friend. After the meal I smoked a cigarette and mused on the lu...

Leonora Carrington

Military people never seem to apologize for killing each other yet novelists feel ashamed for writing some nice inert paper book that is not certain to be read by anybody.

Leonora Carrington

You may not believe in magic but something very strange is happening at this very moment. Your head has dissolved into thin air and I can see the rhododendrons through your stomach. It's not that you are dead or anything dramatic like that, it is sim...

Leonora Carrington

Sentimentality is a form of fatigue.

Leonora Carrington

Reason must know the heart's reasons and every other reason

Leonora Carrington

We went down into the silent garden. Dawn is the time when nothing breathes, the hour of silence. Everything is transfixed, only the light moves.

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The task of the right eye is to peer into the telescope, while the left eye peers into the microscope.

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Author Bio

  • NameLeonora Carrington
  • DescriptionMexican artist, surrealist painter and novelist
  • BornApril 6, 1917
  • DiedMay 25, 2011
  • CountryMexico
  • ProfessionPainter; Author
  • AwardsOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire; National Prize For Arts And Sciences