Georgia O'Keeffe Quotes

Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.

I prefer to leave the paintings to speak for themselves.

Abstract art was the quivalent of poetic expression; I didn’t need to use words,but colors and lines. I didn’t need to belong to a language-oriented culture but to an open form of expression.

Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.

Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don't know what to say about what I paint, really.

For me, the perfect film has no dialogue at all. It's purely a visual, emotional, visceral kind of experience. And I think one can create wonderful depth and meaning and communication without using words. I started out as an illustrator and a cartoonist and caricature artist, so for me the visual is primary.

To me, a drop of oil paint or a xerographic dot are the same thing - they're all just language.

There are things I want to say: They are very important to me, and, not being a writer, I do it through movies.

I like to draw, and my drawings are what yell and scream for me.

Painting is but another word for feeling.

I think a guitar solo is how my emotion is most freely released, because verbal articulation isn't my strongest communication strength. My wife thinks that I should do interviews by listening to the questions and playing the answer on guitar.

I think art is communication. To that extent, it can be the words between the words. It has a possibility of communicating something more than people can do with prose or just talking.

I felt like I was a bit more respected when I started to paint. It was like revealing my diary, but in a different language. It was something that was mysterious about me.

When I was young, there was never any space for me to get attention of my own that wasn't negative. Art, and the practice of making art, was the only space that was mine alone, where I could be anyone and do anything, where just by using my head and my hands I could cry, or laugh, or get pissed off.

There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words. This is the world in which the artist operates and for him words can be dangerous unless they are examined in the light of the work. The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this.

As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done? A painter has only one language.

Music comes from the soul. It's a way to express yourself, so we always, always need to save the music.

For me, I am still very happy to be able to do stage design as it's an opportunity to express the extreme.

Music is about expressing things you can't in everyday life.

I find it hard to talk and say things, but I can always sing about them.

Painting is much more than therapy to me its a way of life.

My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

I will preach with my brush.