Quotes from Georgia O'Keeffe

Art is a wicked thing. It is what we are.

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 have things in my head that are not like what anyone taught me — shapes and ideas so near to me, so natural to my way of being and thinking.

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

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

When I think of death, I only regret that I will not be able to see this beautiful country anymore unless the Indians are right and my spirit will walk here after I'm gone.

Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.

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