“Someone else’s vision will never be as good as you own vision of yourself. Live and die with it, because in the end, that’s all you have. Lose it and lose yourself and everything else.” — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
When I think of death, I only regret that I will not be able to see this beautiful country anymore unless the Indians are… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
Sometimes I start in a very realistic fashion, and as I go on from one painting to another of the same kind, it becomes… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I have a single track mind. I work on an idea for a long time. It's like getting acquainted with a person, and I… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
“I said to myself 'I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me--shapes and idea so near to… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I'd been taught to paint like other people, and I thought, what's the use? I couldn't do any better than they, or even as… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I believe an artist is the last person in the world who can afford to be affected. — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
My first memory is of the brightness of light ... light all around. I was sitting among pillows on a quilt on the ground… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
Before I put brush to canvas, I question, 'Is this mine? ...Is it influenced by some idea which I have acquired from some man?… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I decided to start anew-to strip away what I had been taught, to accept as true my own thinking. This was one of the… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
“I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to ... I found that I could say… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
