Georgia O'Keeffe

Artist

1887-11-15

Books by Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe
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One hundred flowers
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Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986
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Quotes by Georgia O'Keeffe

I have things in my head that are not like what anyone taught me — shapes and ideas so near to me, so natural to my way of being and thinking.
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I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way... things I had no words for.
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It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.
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Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.
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I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.
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It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.
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I have things in my head that are not like what anyone taught me — shapes and ideas so near to me, so natural to my way of being and thinking.
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I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.
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I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way... things I had no words for.
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Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.
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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.
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Marks on paper are free - free speech - press - pictures all go together I suppose.
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I often lay on that bench looking up into the tree, past the trunk and up into the branches. It was particularly fine at night with the stars above the tree.
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It was all so far away - there was quiet and an untouched feel to the country and I could work as I pleased.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore.
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I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.
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One can't paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.
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