The real function of the artist is to give fresh vision to their own generation. Doris McCarthy More Quotes by Doris McCarthy More Quotes From Doris McCarthy Writing gave me a second chance - not to change things, but to savor them. That is a great gift. Doris McCarthy second-chance chance writing You are actually constructing... what your head understood about what your eyes saw. Doris McCarthy construction saws eye Take a moment to think... See - logically. Doris McCarthy moments thinking My paintings are so legible, I feel guilty. Doris McCarthy painting guilty understanding I don't want to see any art-writing gobbledygook or overblown words in an essay about me. If a smaller, simpler word will do - use it. Doris McCarthy use writing art