Georgia O'Keeffe

I believe that the only way to truly see something is to look at it with your heart, not just your eyes.

I know I can not paint a flower. I can not paint the sun on the desert on a sunny day. I can not paint the living things as I see them. But I can paint my own version of them.

I have always been interested in the things that are not seen, the things that are felt.

I have spent my life trying to find the truth, and I have found that the truth is always changing.

I have been photographed more than any other woman, I think.

I hate flowers. I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.

I believe in women. I believe in their right to be themselves, to be free, to be independent, to be strong.

I have been fifty years discovering that I am a woman and every day I am learning what that means.

The men were all discussing painting and I was listening. But I wasn't interested in what they were saying. I was interested in what I was doing.

I wish people were all color blind. I don't want to be judged by the color of my skin. I want to be judged by the content of my character.

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.

I am not a woman who is interested in the opinions of others.

The world is so complicated, and there are so many things to think about, that I just want to paint simple things.

I painted it because I had no words to express what I felt.

I feel that I have been very fortunate to have lived in a time when I could do what I wanted to do.

I have always been a solitary person. I like to be alone. I like to think.

I have always been interested in what is beyond the visible.

I have always been interested in the way things are perceived.

I have always been interested in the way things are interpreted.

I have always been interested in the way things are understood.