georgia o keeffe

“ It is only by selection, by elimination, and by emphasis that we get at the real meaning of things. ”

“ To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage. ”

“ I do know the flower is painted large to convey my experience with the flower - and what is my experience if it is not the color? ”

“ Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous. ”

“ I got half-a-dozen paintings from that shattered plate. ”

“ I made you take time to look at what I saw and when you took time to really notice my flower, you hung all your associations with flowers on my flower and you write about my flower as if I think and see what you think and seeand I don't. ”

“ It seems I would rather feel starkly empty than let any thing be planted that cannot be tended to the fullest possibility of its growth. ”

“ One can't paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt. ”

“ I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move. ”

“ I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint. ”