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.
Georgia O'KeeffeIf one could only reproduce nature, and always with less beauty than the original, why paint at all?
Georgia O'KeeffeThe morning is the best time, there are no people around. My pleasant disposition likes the world with nobody in it.
Georgia O'KeeffeIt was all so far away - there was quiet and an untouched feel to the country and I could work as I pleased.
Georgia O'KeeffeThe meaning of a word - to me - is not as exact as the meaning of a color. Colors and shapes make a more definite statement than words.
Georgia O'Keeffe