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
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 decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty. – Georgia OKeeffe
Marks on paper are free — free speech — press — pictures all go together I suppose. – Georgia OKeeffe
Anyone who relishes art should love the extraordinary diversity and psychic magic of our art galleries. Theres likely more combined square footage for the showing of art on one New York block – West 24th Street between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues – than in all of Amsterdams or Hamburgs galleries. – Jerry Saltz