Georgia O'Keeffe Professions : Artist Born : November 15, 1887 Died : March 6, 1986 Browse All Authors Top 142 quotes by Georgia O'Keeffe Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing. Georgia O'Keeffe beautiful life art The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters. Georgia O'Keeffe women funny thinking 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 O'Keeffe courage inspirational life I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for. Georgia O'Keeffe flower inspiring art 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 again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous. Georgia O'Keeffe things-in-life people thinking When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not. Georgia O'Keeffe nature flower inspirational Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me. Georgia O'Keeffe beautiful mean art Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time. Georgia O'Keeffe time inspirational friendship If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment. Georgia O'Keeffe garden nature flower Someone else's vision will never be as good as your own vision of your self. Live and die with it 'cause in the end it's all you have. Lose it and you lose yourself and everything else. I should have listened to myself. Georgia O'Keeffe vision self should-have I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty. Georgia O'Keeffe paint flower art Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous. Georgia O'Keeffe life-happiness things-in-life important 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 best times of my life. There was no one around to look at what I was doing, no one interested, no one to say anything about it one way or another. I was alone and singularly free, working into my own, unknown-no one to satisfy but myself. I began with charcoal and paper and decided not to use any color until it was impossible to do what I wanted to do in black and white. I believe it was June before I needed blue. Georgia O'Keeffe black-and-white believe art 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 both that carries me away. Georgia O'Keeffe mountain feelings today 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 should be of interest. Georgia O'Keeffe attitude life travel I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free. Georgia O'Keeffe drains flattery criticism Fill a space in a beautiful way. Georgia O'Keeffe space beautiful art 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 taking the time to look at it-I will make even busy New Yorkers take time to see what I see of flowers. Georgia O'Keeffe flower looks art It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve. Georgia O'Keeffe nerves being-nice nice To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage. Georgia O'Keeffe courage inspirational art Similar Authors Burton Silverman artist Bruce Nauman artist Bruce Conner artist Brom artist Britney Spears artist Brigid Berlin artist All Authors
