Mary Pratt Quotes

My only strength is finding something where most people would find nothing.

The reality comes first, and the symbol comes after. I see these things, and suddenly they become symbolic of life.

The fact is that until I saw paintings as icons, I couldn't see why people painted at all.

When I'm painting them, the whole legend and mythology of apples occurs to me, and so Adam and Eve and the snake and all the rest of it somehow gets into the picture.