Georgia O'Keeffe Quotes

United States, Painter
November 15, 1887 – March, 6, 1986.

Georgia Totto O'Keeffe was an American artist. She was best known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been recognized as the "Mother of American modernism".

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.

Georgia O'Keeffe
- Doing
- Wanted
- Terrified
Imagination makes you see all sorts of things.

Georgia O'Keeffe
- Imagination
- Things
- See

Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things.

Georgia O'Keeffe
The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters.

Georgia O'Keeffe
- Best
- Woman
- Painter
I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore.

Georgia O'Keeffe
- Woman
- Feel
- Explore
If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.

Georgia O'Keeffe
- World
- Moment
- Flower
Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.

Georgia O'Keeffe
- Important
- Unknown
- Making
To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

Georgia O'Keeffe
- Courage
- Create
- Arts

Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me.

Georgia O'Keeffe
- Art
- Space
- Filling
Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.

Georgia O'Keeffe