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Me Quotes by Georgia O'Keeffe
- So I said to myself-I'll paint what I see-what the flower is to me but I'll paint it big and they will be surprised into…
- I do not like the idea of happiness - it is too momentary - I would say that I was always busy and interested in…
- I know I can not paint a flower, I can not paint the sun on the desert on a bright summer morning but maybe in…
- Color is one of the great things in the world that makes life worth living to me and as I have come to think of…
- When I found the beautiful white bones in the desert I picked them up and took them home too...I have used these things to say…
- Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression.
- I look at my work and make up my mind about it. After that, neither flattery nor criticism matters to me.
- I have not worked at all... Nothing seems worth putting down - I seem to have nothing to say - it appalls me but that…
- Before I put brush to canvas, I question, 'Is this mine? ...Is it influenced by some idea which I have acquired from some man? ...I…
- My center does not come from my mind - it feels in me like a plot of warm moist well tilled earth with the sun…
- A week ago it was the mountains I thought the most wonderful, and today it's the plains. I guess it's the feeling of bigness in…
- 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…
- I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself,…
- I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so…
- 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…
- I'm frightened all the time. But I never let it stop me. Never!
- 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--…
- The unexplainable thing in nature that makes me feel the world is big fat beyond my understanding – to understand maybe by trying to put…
- 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…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale