“I realized that were I to paint flowers small, no one would look at them because I was unknown. So I thought I'll make them big, like the huge buildings going up. People will be startled; they'll have to look at them - and they did.” PeopleLooksBigsArtistBuildingFlowerHugePaintI Realized Book:Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life Source: Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life
“The key is what is within the artist. The artist can only paint what she or he is about.” ArtistKeysPaint Author:Lee Krasner
“Through poverty, godhunger, the family debacle, I kept a sense of worth. I could limn and paint like no-one else in this human-wounded land: I was worth the while of living. Now my skill is dead. I should be.” ShouldHumansArtistPovertyLandSkillsDespairPaintWoundedDebacles Author:Keri Hulme