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.
~ Georgia O'Keeffe - [Song and Singing]

I hate flowers -- I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.
~ Georgia O'Keeffe - [Flowers]

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 the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.
~ Georgia O'Keeffe - [Flowers]

Marks on paper are free -- free speech -- press -- pictures all go together I suppose.
~ Georgia O'Keeffe - [Freedom of Speech]

Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.
~ Georgia O'Keeffe - [Achievement]

One can not be an American by going about saying that one is an American. It is necessary to feel America, like America, love America and then work.
~ Georgia O'Keeffe - [America]