Georgia O'Keefe

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

I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way... things I had no words for.

Still - in a way - nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small - we haven't the time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.

I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at, - not copy it.

Where I was born and where and how l have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should of interest.

I find that I have painted my life - things happening in my life - without knowing.