All Georgia O'Keeffe Quotes
- You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare. Accomplishment
- It was all so far away - there was quiet and an untouched feel to the country and I could work as I pleased. All
- 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… Bench
- I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could. Art
- 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… Appreciate
- Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing. Art
- I can't live where I want to, I can't go where I want to go, I can't do what I want to, I can't even… Decided
- I think it's so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary--you're happy for an instant and then you start thinking… Continuous
- If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment. Flower
- I decided to accept as true my own thinking. Accept
- I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free. Already Settled
- I'm frightened all the time. But I never let it stop me. Never! All
- My first memory is of light -- the brightness of light -- light all around. All
- One day a hummingbird flew in-- It fluttered against the window til I got it down where I could reach it with an open umbrella--… Alive
- I got half-a-dozen paintings from that shattered plate. Acceptance
- I made you take time to look at what I saw and when you took time to really notice my flower, you hung all your… All
- You are one of my nicest thoughts. Funny
- I wish people were all trees and I think I could enjoy them then. All
- Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning… Confusing
- The unexplainable thing in nature that makes me feel the world is big fat beyond my understanding – to understand maybe by trying to put… Beyond
- Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that… Been
- I long ago came to the conclusion that even if I could put down accurately the thing I saw and enjoyed, it would not give… Accurately