Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia Totto O'Keeffewas an American artist. She is best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been recognized as the "Mother of American modernism"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth15 November 1887
CitySun Prairie, WI
CountryUnited States of America
Georgia O'Keeffe quotes about
american-artist anyone natural near occurred shapes taught
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.
except
He was nothing but a tool. ... He had no thought, no part in the painting, except that he could do what I told him to do.
quilts memories light
My first memory is of light -- the brightness of light -- light all around.
things-in-life important life-happiness
Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.
summer morning flower
I know I can not paint a flower, I can not paint the sun on the desert on a bright summer morning but maybe in terms of paint colour I can convey to you my experience of the flower or the experience that makes the flower of significance to me at that particular time.
nice nerves being-nice
It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.
making-love photograph modeling
We'd make love. Afterwards he would take photographs of me. (On modeling for Alfred Stieglitz)
quilts memories light
My first memory is of the brightness of light ... light all around. I was sitting among pillows on a quilt on the ground ... very large white pillows ...
feelings understanding trying
The unexplainable thing in nature that makes me feel the world is big fat beyond my understanding – to understand maybe by trying to put it into form. To find the feeling of infinity on the horizon line or just over the next hill.