All Georgia O'Keeffe Quotes
To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue - that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man's destruction is finished.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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Anyone who doesn't feel the crosses simply doesn't get that country.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.
Georgia O'Keeffe
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