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Grandma Moses

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Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), popularly known as Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is a prominent example of a newly successful art career at an advanced age. Moses rose to fame in the 1950s. She was the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary in 1950, published her autobiography in 1952, and was on the cover of Time Magazine in 1953.

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Quotes from Grandma Moses

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

—Grandma Moses

A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.

—Grandma Moses

If you know somethin' well, you can always paint it but people would be better off buyin' chickens.

—Grandma Moses