What a strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, the other forward; one is of today, the other of tomorrow. Memory is history recorded in our brain, memory is a painter, it paints pictures of the past and of the day. -Grandma Moses

 

What a strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, the other forward; one is of today, the other of tomorrow. Memory is history recorded in our brain, memory is a painter, it paints pictures of the past and of the day.


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This quote is just one of 8 total Grandma Moses quotes in our collection. Grandma Moses is known for saying 'What a strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, the other forward; one is of today, the other of tomorrow. Memory is history recorded in our brain, memory is a painter, it paints pictures of the past and of the day.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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

Grandma Moses

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.

Grandma Moses

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

Grandma Moses

A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.

Grandma Moses

If I didn't start painting, I would have raised chickens.

Grandma Moses