"It is one of the tragedies of leaving Home—New Zealand is too far away—it ceases to be real. New Zealanders like myself cannot help becoming de-nationalized—they have no country—it is sad—but true ... Art is like that—it absorbs your whole life and being. Few women can do it successfully. It requires enormous vitality. That is my conception of genius—vitality.""
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Frances Hodgkins
Frances Mary Hodgkins (28 April 1869 in Dunedin - 13 May 1947) was a Modernist New Zealand landscape painter and textile designer. She attended Dunedin School of Art, worked as an art teacher and later studied in England.
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