Georgia O'Keeffe Quotes

I'm not videotaping my life, but in a way I am trying to put certain things about myself on canvas.

I'm very definitely a woman and I enjoy it.

My videos represent the artist in me very well, but not the kind of woman I am.

I am a woman. I think I have the spirit, the intelligence, and - dare I say - the soul of a woman.

Being a woman means everything to me.

I'm going to put every aspect of myself out into the world and try to convey it through photography.

In some way they are all self-portraits, but I think I know what you mean by asking this - I would say, it is too idealistic to paint yourself.

Sometimes artist like to catch themselves looking out, let the world see them for once. It's a signature. This one is a very bold one. But this is also a witnessing. We want to remember, and we want to be remembered. That's why we paint.

I'm a woman, so I'm going to be woman as much as I can.

I'm not a goddess, for crying out loud. I'm a regular person who took feminism - which I have a deep connection to - and mixed it with music, which I really love to do.

I have different hats; I'm a mother, I'm a woman, I'm a human being, I'm an artist and hopefully I'm an advocate. All of those plates are things I spin all the time.

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.

The essence of my work, and of me, is the softer side of a strong woman, and that goes into a number of different roles.

I love being a woman. I like dressing up; I love buying shoes.

I love dressing up. It's the best part of being a girl, I think.

If you are a creative person, you try to create things that are an extension of yourself.

I think I'd say that my whole body of work is a reflection of who I am, but not any one specific thing.

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

There's something of a painting of a woman that represents all women - and by extension, all of humanity - that I just find very exciting. It's a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive.

I design for the woman who loves being a woman.

There are different sides to me; I wanted to make a personal film but I would not want to make any film that does not reflect me in it. At least, not right now. I'm just too young to be doing that.

When you have a brush in your hand, inking a beautiful woman is a lot like running your hands over her.

I've been painting and making things since I was little.

Sometimes I think all my pictures are just pictures of me.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.