Georgia O'Keeffe

“I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.”

“I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them d...”

“I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred t...”

“I don't very much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I know too much about them. I take them apart.”

“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 do.”

“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 cannot sing, I paint.”