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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

“Whether the flower or the color is the focus I do not know. 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?”

Ifs Knows Focus Color Flower

Author:Georgia O'Keeffe

“You write about my flower as if I think and see what you think and see of the flower - and I don't.”

Ifs Thinking Writing Flower Critics

Book:Georgia O'Keeffe

Source: Georgia O'Keeffe

“Did you ever have something to say and feel as if the whole side of the wall wouldn't be big enough to say it on, and then sit down on the floor and try to get it onto a sheet of charcoal paper?”

Ifs Feels Trying Enough Whole Bigs Sides Wall Paper Sheets Charcoal

Book:Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life

Source: Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life

“When you get so that you can't see, you come to it gradually. And if you didn't come by it gradually, I guess you'd just kill yourself when you couldn't see.”

Ifs Sight Killing Yourself

Book:Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life

Source: Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life

“God told me if I painted that mountain enough, I could have it.”

Ifs Enough Artist Painting Mountain

Author:Georgia O'Keeffe

“War is killing the individual in it unless he has learned livingness - if he had it he wouldn't be a good soldier.”

Ifs War Individual Killing Soldier Good Soldiers

Author:Georgia O'Keeffe

“If one could only reproduce nature, and always with less beauty than the original, why paint at all?”

Ifs Originals Paint

Book:O'Keeffe on Paper

Source: O'Keeffe on Paper

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

Ifs Art Flower Huge Decided Paint Scales If I Could Woman Artist

Author:Georgia O'Keeffe

“If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.”

Ifs World Looks Moments Hands Nature Flower Garden Gardening Blossoming Wildflowers Flower Garden Garden Love Flowers And Gardens Flower Blossom Inspirational Flower

Author:Georgia O'Keeffe

“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 see—and I don't.”

Ifs Thinking Writing Looks Made Saws Flower Association Take Time Hung

Book:Georgia O'Keeffe

Source: Georgia O'Keeffe

“I long ago came to the conclusion that even if I could put down accurately the thing I saw and enjoyed, it would not give the observer the kind of feeling it gave me. I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at-not copy it.”

Ifs Giving Kind Long Art Feelings Felt Saws Conclusion Enjoyed If I Could Copies Long Ago Observers

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

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

“Dearest - my body is simply crazy with wanting you - If you don't come tomorrow - I don't see how I can wait for you - I wonder if your body wants mine the way mine wants yours - the kisses - the hotness - the wetness - all melting together - the being held so tight that it hurts - the strangle and the struggle.”

Ifs Way Want I Can Body Together Waiting Hurt Wonder Struggle Crazy Mines Tomorrow Kissing Your Body It Hurts Melting Greatest Love Hotness Wanting You Wetness

Author:Georgia O'Keeffe

“I have lived on a razors edge. So what if you fall off. I'd rather be doing something I wanted to do. I'd walk it again.”

Ifs Inspirational Play Wanted Fall Walks Creativity Edges What If Razors

Author:Georgia O'Keeffe

“If only people were trees… I might like them better.”

People Ifs Might Tree

Author:Georgia O'Keeffe

About the Author

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

Books & Sources

Georgia O'KeeffeRelated source material

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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