I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Sun bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man's destruction is finished.
wonderful sun destruction bones blue
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way things I had no words for.
color words things found
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.
time flower small friend
Sunbleached bones were most wonderful against the blue that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man's destruction is finished.
age wonderful destruction bones blue
It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a stilllife painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it.
age time flower small painting
I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.
nature beauty flower paint
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. I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.
ideas start thinking things natural head
If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment.
moment world flower hand
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.
art ideas thinking things natural head
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.
people art individuality aware paint
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.
life moment courage single thing
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.
thetimes time friends flower small friend
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..
light memory white
The days you work are the best days
work days
art inspirational free criticism flattery
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