Georgia O'Keeffe Quotes


One day a hummingbird flew in-- It fluttered against the window til I got it down where I could reach it with an open umbrella-- --When I had it in my hand it was so small I couldn't believe I had it--but I could feel the intense life--so intense and so tiny-- ...You were like the humming bird to me... And I am rather inclined to feel that you and I know the best part of one another without spending much time together-- --It is not that I fear the knowing-- It is that I am at this moment willing to let you be what you are to me--it is beautiful and pure and very intensely alive.


Citations

O'Keeffe, Georgia. Letter to Arthur Macmahon. 1916. Georgia O'Keeffe: Art and Letters, by Jack Cowart, Juan Hamilton, and Sarah Greenough, National Gallery of Art / New York Graphic Society Books, 1987.

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Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe
  • Born: November 15, 1887
  • Died: March 6, 1986
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Artist

Georgia Totto O'Keeffe was an American artist. She was known for her paintings of enlarged flowers, New York skyscrapers, and New Mexico landscapes. O'Keeffe has been recognized as the "Mother of American modernism".