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Georgia OKeeffe Quotes

To create one’s world in any of the arts takes courage Picture Quote #1

It’s not enough to be nice in life. You’ve got to have nerve Picture Quote #1

The days you work are the best days Picture Quote #1

I like to convey the idea that art is important in everyday life Picture Quote #1

I’m frightened all the time. But I never let it stop me. Never! Picture Quote #1

I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore Picture Quote #1

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The simple fact of yourself... there it is... just you... no excitement about it... a very simple fact... the only thing you have... keep it as clear as you can Picture Quote #1

Making your unknown known is the important thing - and keeping the unknown always beyond you - catching - crystalizing your simpler clearer vision of life - only to see it turn stale compared to what you vaguely feel ahead - that you must always keep working to grasp Picture Quote #1

Art is a wicked thing. It is what we are Picture Quote #1

Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense Picture Quote #1

One can’t paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt Picture Quote #1

There’s something about black. You feel hidden away in it Picture Quote #1

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The meaning of a word - to me - is not as exact as the meaning of a color. Colors and shapes make a more definite statement than words Picture Quote #1

The morning is the best time, there are no people around. My pleasant disposition likes the world with nobody in it Picture Quote #1

I don’t very much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I know too much about them. I take them apart Picture Quote #1

I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught Picture Quote #1

I look at my work and make up my mind about it. After that, neither flattery nor criticism matters to me Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Now and then when I get an idea for a picture, I think, how ordinary. Why paint that old rock? Why not go for a walk instead? But then I realise that to someone else it may not seem so ordinary Picture Quote #1

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 so small you really could not appreciate it Picture Quote #1

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 of things Picture Quote #1

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 say what I want to. I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to Picture Quote #1

It was all so far away - there was quiet and an untouched feel to the country and I could work as I pleased Picture Quote #1

Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue - that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man’s destruction is finished Picture Quote #1

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Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing Picture Quote #1

I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could Picture Quote #1

Anyone who doesn’t feel the crosses simply doesn’t get that country Picture Quote #1

I believe I would rather have Stieglitz like something - anything I had done - than anyone else I know Picture Quote #1

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty Picture Quote #1

I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it Picture Quote #1

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To create one’s world in any of the arts takes courage (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) It’s not enough to be nice in life. You’ve got to have nerve (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) The days you work are the best days (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) I like to convey the idea that art is important in everyday life (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) I’m frightened all the time. But I never let it stop me. Never! (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) The simple fact of yourself... there it is... just you... no excitement about it... a very simple fact... the only thing you have... keep it as clear as you can (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) Making your unknown known is the important thing - and keeping the unknown always beyond you - catching - crystalizing your simpler clearer vision of life - only to see it turn stale compared to what you vaguely feel ahead - that you must always keep working to grasp (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) Art is a wicked thing. It is what we are (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) One can’t paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) There’s something about black. You feel hidden away in it (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) The meaning of a word - to me - is not as exact as the meaning of a color. Colors and shapes make a more definite statement than words (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) The morning is the best time, there are no people around. My pleasant disposition likes the world with nobody in it (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) I don’t very much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I know too much about them. I take them apart (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) I look at my work and make up my mind about it. After that, neither flattery nor criticism matters to me (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) 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. (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) Now and then when I get an idea for a picture, I think, how ordinary. Why paint that old rock? Why not go for a walk instead? But then I realise that to someone else it may not seem so ordinary (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) 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 so small you really could not appreciate it. (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) 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 of things (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) 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 say what I want to. I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) It was all so far away - there was quiet and an untouched feel to the country and I could work as I pleased. (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue - that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man’s destruction is finished (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) Anyone who doesn’t feel the crosses simply doesn’t get that country (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) I believe I would rather have Stieglitz like something - anything I had done - than anyone else I know (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes) I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it (Georgia OKeeffe Quotes)

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