16 Quotes by Margaret Keane

I didn't really start appreciating Picasso until a few years back. I didn't like him at all. But now I can see this world is crazy.

I didn't want people to know that I was an artist. I was ashamed. I thought artists were weird, crazy people, you know. So I always kind of hid the fact that I was an artist.

I don't know why I paint what I paint. I think it comes out - it's kind of my subconscious or something.

I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.

I was always drawing eyes, even as a child. Eyes fascinated me.

Stand up for your rights and be brave, and don't be intimidated. Read your Bible. That's really given me strength, and it will give you strength. Pray, and use God's name, Jehovah. And never tell a lie, ever.

I would like to think all our gifts and talents and abilities come from God.

Don't tell lies, ever. No matter what - not even little white lies.

People either hate my paintings or they love them. There does not seem to be much middle ground.