In her own words...
As I saw [these roses] take shape on the canvas I was amazed by their solemn colours and their quiet mystery that called for—seemed to demand—some sort of phantoms. So I tried to give them their phantoms and their still-lifeness. Did I succeed? Clearly they are not going to tell me, but the white linen gave me a good feeling as if I had folded it myself, then opened it on the table.
–from Mundy, Jennifer, “Quiet Mystery,” Tate Arts and Culture (July-August 2003), p. VII.