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
He wanted head and hands and arms on a pillow - in many different positions. I was asked to move my hands… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me. — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
A flower is relatively small... Still in a way-nobody sees a flower-so I said to myself-I'll paint it big. — 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 have not worked at all... Nothing seems worth putting down - I seem to have nothing to say - it appalls… — 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
Dearest - my body is simply crazy with wanting you - If you don't come tomorrow - I don't see how I… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
On the way I stood a moment looking out across the marshes with tall cattails, a patch of water, more marsh, then… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I never knew [Alfred Stieglitz] to make a trip anywhere to photograph. His eye was in him, and he used it on… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
School and things that painters have taught me even keep me from painting as I want to. I decided I was a… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no… — 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