God told me if I painted that mountain enough, I could have it.

God told me if I painted that mountain enough, I could have it.

Georgia O’Keeffe

A flower touches everyone's heart.

A flower touches everyone's heart.

I feel there is something unexplored about women that only a woman can explore.

I feel there is something unexplored about women that only a woman can explore.

I want real things, music that makes holes in the sky.

I want real things, music that makes holes in the sky.

To make your unknown known, that's the important thing.

To make your unknown known, that's the important thing.

You are one of my nicest thoughts.

You are one of my nicest thoughts.

Since I cannot sing, I paint.

Since I cannot sing, I paint.

Happiness goes like the wind, but what are interesting stays.

Happiness goes like the wind, but what are interesting stays.

I decided to accept as true my own thinking.

I decided to accept as true my own thinking.

My painting is what I have to give back to the world for what the world gives to me.

My painting is what I have to give back to the world for what the world gives to me.

Beautifully fill a space.

Beautifully fill a space.

It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have the nerve.

It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have the nerve.

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

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

If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.

If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.

I decided that if I could paint that flower on a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

I decided that if I could paint that flower on a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

To draw you must close your eyes and sing.

I paint what I think, not what I see.

I paint what I think, not what I see.

When I haven't any blue I use red.

When I haven't any blue I use red.

A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions.

A painter paints to unload himself of feelings and visions.