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I don't see why we ever think of what others think of what we do – no matter who they are. Isn't it enough just to express yourself?


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I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.



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The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters.



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Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me.

Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me.



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



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



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Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.



When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs.

When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs.



To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.





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It is always self-defeating to pretend to the style of a generation younger than your own; it simply erases your own experience in history.



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