Georgia O'Keeffe Quotes

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?

I simply liked looking at the world around us.

You look at the tree and you allow it. You see why it is the way it is.

Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it.

A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a little bit more intention, you see it.

We have to get back to the beauty of just being alive in this present moment.

Maybe it's because I'm getting older, I'm finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass of wine is its own event. You're not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else.

At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are.

There is more to life than increasing its speed.

Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem or saying a prayer.

I wake up some mornings and sit and have my coffee and look out at my beautiful garden, and I go, 'Remember how good this is. Because you can lose it.'

I'm saying look, here they come, pay attention. Let your eyes transform what appears ordinary, commonplace, into what it is, a moment in time, an observed fragment of eternity.

Long walks force a certain meditative awareness. You're not moving so fast that you miss the world's details passing by - in fact, you can stop to inspect something that might catch your eye.

When we hear some beautiful piece of Mozart or admire a wonderful building, we suddenly become present in ourselves. That's unusual nowadays because dishevelment and distraction have become an art form.

When walking, you see things that you miss in a motor car or on the train. You give your mind space to ponder.

Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.

Cultivate the habit of zest. Purposefully seek out the beauty in the seemingly trivial. Especially in the trivial. The colors and shapes of the foods you eat. The shadows a vase makes on your table. The interesting faces of the people on the bus with you.

The part I enjoy most is not the doing, but the noticing.

I always notice flowers.

Look. This is your world! You can't not look. There is no other world. This is your world; it is your feast. You inherited this; you inherited these eyeballs; you inherited this world of color. Look at the greatness of the whole thing. Look! Don't hesitate - look! Open your eyes. Don't blink, and look, look - look further.

You see only the beautiful things when you stand still. You only see things that you don't ordinarily notice. The birds are the prettiest things, I imagine.

While you are looking, you might as well also listen, linger and think about what you see.