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

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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Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.



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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.



I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.



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.



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

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



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

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



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.

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.



It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.

It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve.





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