The Underpainter Quotes

“Art is a kind of mining," he said. "The artist a variety of prospector searching for the sparkling silver of meaning in the earth.”
― Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter

“Get drunk, Austin, have a love affair. It would be a tragedy to die and discover that you hadn't completely used up your body.”
― Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter

“And those you never forgive you find impossible to forget. — Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter (McClelland & Stewart, 1997)”
― Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter

“I had come to the very edge of a moment, the moment when it might have been possible to remove the cloak of fear that had protected me all those years. But after all was said and done, the flesh beneath was too white and weak to be exposed. Is there really any one among you who in the face of such grief would not panic at the approach of happiness?”
― Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter

“And the odd thing was, she was beautiful then. It was her awakening, her... recovery that made her beautiful. After that she just shone.”
― Jane Urquhart, The Underpainter