The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters. — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I wish people were all trees and I think I could enjoy them then. — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
You write about my flower as if I think and see what you think and see of the flower - and I… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I don't see why we ever think of what others think of what we do – no matter who they are. Isn't… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I made you take time to look at what I saw and when you took time to really notice my flower, you… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
Now and then when I get an idea for a picture, I think, how ordinary. Why paint that old rock? Why not… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to… — 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… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I took back a barrel of bones to New York. They were my symbols of the desert, but nothing more. I haven't… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I am not an exponent of expressionism. I don't know exactly what that means, but I don't like the sound of it.… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
“I have things in my head that are not like what anyone taught me — shapes and ideas so near to me,… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs. — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
Color is one of the great things in the world that makes life worth living to me and as I have come… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
The clean clear colours were in my head. But one day as I looked at the brown burned wood of the Shanty,… — 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
