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

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

- Georgia O'Keeffe

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 th…

- Georgia O'Keeffe

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

- Georgia O'Keeffe

Someone else's vision will never be as good as your own vision of your self. Live and die with it 'cause in the end it's all you have. Lose it and yo…

- Georgia O'Keeffe

Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous.

- Georgia O'Keeffe

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in …

- Georgia O'Keeffe

I think it's so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary--you're happy for an instant and then you start thinking again. Interes…

- 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