I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.
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Marks on paper are free - free speech - press - pictures all go together I suppose.Georgia OKeeffe
It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it.
Georgia OKeeffe
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.
Georgia OKeeffe
It was all so far away - there was quiet and an untouched feel to the country and I could work as I pleased.
Georgia OKeeffe
I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could.
Georgia OKeeffe
One can't paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.
Georgia OKeeffe
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