Georgia O'Keeffe quotes

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I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Ideas
Being
Thinking
Marks on paper are free - free speech - press - pictures all go together I suppose.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Free speech
Press
You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Accomplishment
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
Expression
Singing
To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Courage
World
The days you work are the best days.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Work
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
Destruction
Man
Now
Sun
Will
It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Time
Painting
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
Life
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
Love
Work
America
American
Saying
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
Time
Friend
It was all so far away - there was quiet and an untouched feel to the country and I could work as I pleased.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Work
Country
Quiet
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
Time
People
Want
World
I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Flowers
Hate
Anyone who doesn't feel the crosses simply doesn't get that country.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Country