Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.
Conscience is a man's compass.
Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream.
If one is master of one thing and understands one thing well, one has at the same time, insight into and understanding of many things.
If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
Love is something eternal, the aspect may change, but not the essence.
Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.
The best way to know God is to love many things.
The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic that to love others.
There is no blue without yellow and without orange.
What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars.
cool —Vincent Van Gogh cool
I am going to be an artist!
I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - not copy it.
I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me - shapes and ideas so near to me - so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn't occurred to me to put them down.
I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint.
I often painted fragments of things because it seemed to make my statement as well as or better than the whole could.
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.
One can't paint New York as it is, but rather as it is felt.
To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.
wink ---Georgia O'Keefe wink
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ok, I spelled that really wrong! rolleyes