Quotes by Georgia O'Keeffe

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldnt say any other way - things I had no words for.

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.

To create ones own world in any of the arts takes courage.

Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we havent time - and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time.

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

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, its 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.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We havent time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

The days you work are the best days.

To create ones world in any of the arts takes courage.

I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.