Marks on paper are free — free speech — press — pictures all go together I suppose. – Georgia OKeeffe
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. – Georgia OKeeffe
I hate flowers — I paint them because theyre cheaper than models and they dont move. – Georgia OKeeffe
One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work. – Georgia OKeeffe
I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore. – Georgia OKeeffe
Nobody sees a flower really it is so small. We havent time, and to see takes time – like to have a friend takes time. – Georgia OKeeffe
Ive been absolutely terrified every moment of my life – and Ive never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do. – Georgia OKeeffe
To create ones world in any of the arts takes courage. – Georgia OKeeffe
The days you work are the best days. – Georgia OKeeffe
I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty. – Georgia OKeeffe
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldnt say any other way – things I had no words for. – Georgia OKeeffe
