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
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Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.' -
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One of the interesting things here is that the people who should be shaping the future are politicians. But the political framework itself is so dead and closed that people look to other sources, like artists, because art and music allow people a certain freedom.
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- I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.
- The days you work are the best days.
- To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.
- I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.