My reputation was built on hostility. I had no friends and some very virulent enemies in the old-guard art scene when I began. They threw their heavy artillery against me. They were convinced I was perverting the public taste. – Betty Parsons
I married a man who was jealous about everything. If I got enthusiastic about a book, about a flower, about a place, about a human being – jealous. ‘Don’t do it! Stop.’ It was depressing, and I couldn’t take it. – Betty Parsons
My husband wanted me to be a typical socialite. We never agreed on anything, so finally we decided it wasn’t going to work. – Betty Parsons
I’m so American that I had grandfathers who actually fought a battle against each other. – Betty Parsons
Every time I learn a new thing to do on my computer, I have to write it down so that I can remember it. – Betty Parsons
There are three things we have no control over: our birth; our emotions, if we’re sincere; and our death. – Betty Parsons
We are born in the world because we have to learn something through whatever we’re born into. Although it might be awful. That’s why it’s an illusion to think that we really run our lives. We don’t. – Betty Parsons
