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

The days you work are the best days.
Georgia O'Keeffe

Anyone who doesn't feel the crosses simply doesn't get that country.
Georgia O'Keeffe

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.
Georgia O'Keeffe

One can't paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.
Georgia O'Keeffe

I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint.
Georgia O'Keeffe

I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it.
Georgia O'Keeffe