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Georgia O'Keeffe Quotes

Georgia O'Keeffe quotes

American Artist November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986

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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 O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe quote: "Anyone who doesn't feel the crosses simply doesn't get that..."
Anyone who doesn't feel the crosses simply doesn't get that country. Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe quote: "To create one's own world takes courage."
To create one's own world takes courage. Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe quote: "I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a..."
I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore. Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe quote: "One can't paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt."
One can't paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt. Georgia O'Keeffe
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 O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe quote: "I don't very much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I..."
I don't very much enjoy looking at paintings in general. I know too much about them. I take them apart. Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe quote: "I believe I would rather have Stieglitz like something -..."
I believe I would rather have Stieglitz like something - anything I had done - than anyone else I know. Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe quote: "I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make..."
I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could. Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe quote: "Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such..."
Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing. Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe quote: "I got half-a-dozen paintings from that shattered plate."
I got half-a-dozen paintings from that shattered plate. Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe quote: "You are one of my nicest thoughts."
You are one of my nicest thoughts. Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe quote: "I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism..."
I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free. Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe quote: "I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was..."
I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it. Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe quote: "I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught."
I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught. Georgia O'Keeffe

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