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American artist known for her distinctive paintings of flowers and landscapes. O'Keeffe's work is renowned for its bold colors and innovative forms, which have had a profound impact on 20th-century American art.

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Famous Georgia O'Keeffe Quotes

“Before I put brush to canvas, I question, 'Is this mine? ...Is it influenced by some idea which I have acquired from some man? ...I am trying with all my skill to do a painting that is all of women, as well as all of me.”

Men Trying Wells Ideas Mines Painting Skills Canvas Brushes

Author:Georgia O'Keeffe

“I don't really know where I got my artists idea. The scraps of what I remember do not explain to me where it came from. I only know that by this time it was definitely settled in my mind.”

Knows Mind Ideas Remember Artist Scrap

Book:Georgia O'Keeffe

Source: Georgia O'Keeffe

“I realized that I had things in my head not like what I had been taught - not like what I had seen - shapes and ideas so familiar to me that it hadn't occurred to me to put them down. I decided to stop painting, to put away everything I had done, and to start to say the things that were my own.”

Ideas Done My Own Taught Painting Shapes Decided I Realized Familiar

Book:Some Memories of Drawings

Source: Some Memories of Drawings

“I have a single track mind. I work on an idea for a long time. It's like getting acquainted with a person, and I don't get acquainted easily.”

Mind Persons Long Ideas Long Time Track

Book:Georgia O'Keeffe: paintings of Hawai'i

Source: Georgia O'Keeffe: paintings of Hawai'i

“I like to convey the idea that art is important in everyday life.”

Art Important Ideas Art Is Everyday Everyday Life

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“It seems to me very important to the idea of democracy to the country and to the world eventually that all men and women stand equal under the sky.”

Men World Important Ideas Country Seems Democracy Sky Equal Men And Women

Book:Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life

Source: Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life

“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.”

Thinking Way Ideas Natural Taught Flower Shapes My Way Georgia Original Ideas

Book:Georgia O'Keeffe

Source: Georgia O'Keeffe

“I do not like the idea of happiness - it is too momentary - I would say that I was always busy and interested in something - interest has more meaning to me than the idea of happiness.”

Ideas Happiness Interest Busy Momentary

Book:Lovingly, Georgia: the complete correspondence of Georgia O'Keeffe & Anita Pollitzer

Source: Lovingly, Georgia: the complete correspondence of Georgia O'Keeffe & Anita Pollitzer

“Now and then when I get an idea for a picture, I think, how ordinary. Why paint that old rock? Why not go for a walk instead? But then I realise that to someone else it may not seem so ordinary.”

Thinking May Ideas Seems Walks Rocks Ordinary Paint Why Not Realising Now And Then Old Rock

Book:O'Keeffe

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About the Author

Born: November 15, 1887
Died: March 6, 1986
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 147

Books & Sources

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Georgia O'Keeffe: A LifeRelated source material

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Georgia O'Keeffe: Circling Around AbstractionRelated source material

Lovingly, Georgia: The Complete Correspondence of Georgia O'Keeffe and Anita PollitzerRelated source material

Lovingly, Georgia: the complete correspondence of Georgia O'Keeffe & Anita PollitzerRelated source material

An enduring spirit: the art of Georgia O'KeeffeRelated source material

Georgia O'Keeffe: paintings of Hawai'iRelated source material

Georgia O'Keeffe: nature and abstractionRelated source material

Georgia O'Keeffe: selected paintings and works on paper : April 26 through June 6, 1986Related source material

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