Margaret Keane Quotations

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

I'm able to sign my name to the paintings. That is really a blessing.

I'd rather be home alone, painting.

For many years I had allowed my second husband to take credit for my paintings. But one day, unable to continue the deception any longer, I left him and my home in California and moved to Hawaii.

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

For many years, I had allowed my second husband to take credit for my paintings. But one day, unable to continue the deception any longer, I left him and my home in California and moved to Hawaii.

In the beginning, I started doing portraits of children, and of course, children have large eyes. For some reason, they just started getting bigger and bigger. Then, when I started painting imaginary children rather than real ones, they became bigger still.

The old, sad art colors are gone. Now I paint bright colors. I paint paintings which are happy, where children are laughing and playing with animals. I paint paradise on Earth. I still paint sadness sometimes, but there is sadness in the world, too.

I'm a night person; I don't usually get up till noon.

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.