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


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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.



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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.



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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Everything is connected. There is nothing that is not connected.




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This page presents the quote "When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs.". Author of this quote is Georgia O'Keeffe. This quote is about erotic, people, symbols, thinking, painting,.