Quotes of Georgia O’Keeffe - somelinesforyou

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

- Georgia O’Keeffe

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

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's 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 O’Keeffe

“ Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

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

- Georgia O’Keeffe

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

- Georgia O’Keeffe

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

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ Marks on paper are free — free speech — press — pictures all go together I suppose. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

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

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's 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 O’Keeffe

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

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ Marks on paper are free — free speech — press — pictures all go together I suppose. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

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

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ Marks on paper are free — free speech — press — pictures all go together I suppose. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ 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. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

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

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ Marks on paper are free — free speech — press — pictures all go together I suppose. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's 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 O’Keeffe

“ I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ Marks on paper are free — free speech — press — pictures all go together I suppose. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ Marks on paper are free — free speech — press — pictures all go together I suppose. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

“ It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it. ”

- Georgia O’Keeffe

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

- Georgia O’Keeffe
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