Stanley Spencer Quotes & Sayings

I wish to have no status as a man. I am equally content to be a worm or a rat, and am only glad that I am not becuase they have such a rough time without the pleasure of painting. — Stanley Spencer

Painting is saying "Ta" to God. — Stanley Spencer

When I lived in Cookham I was disturbed by a feeling of everything being meaningless.But quite suddenly I became aware that everything was full of special meaning and this made everything holy ... I observed this sacred quality in most unexpected quarters. — Stanley Spencer

Hilda and I slept alongside each other fully dressed, head to feet. — Stanley Spencer

Wherever a cat sits, there shall happiness be found. — Stanley Spencer

I love to dwell on the thought that the artist is next in divinity to the saint. He, like the saint, performs miracles. — Stanley Spencer

Everything has a sort of double meaning for me, there's the ordinary everyday meaning of things, and the imaginary meaning about it all, and I wanted to bring these things together, and in this first big Resurrection of mine you have a good example of this sort of thing. — Stanley Spencer

Do you know what good art is? It is saying "ta" to God. — Stanley Spencer