Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.
Georgia O'Keefe

Anyone who doesn't feel the crosses simply doesn't get that country.
Georgia O'Keefe

One can't paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.
Georgia O'Keefe

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

I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint.
Georgia O'Keefe

I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it.
Georgia O'Keefe

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.
Georgia O'Keefe