"I think it's so foolish for people to want to be happy. Happy is so momentary –– you're happy for an instant and they you start thinking again. Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous."
–– Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist
"You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare."
–– Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist
via: Sketchbook 32, 2022, p. 28.
"Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing."
–– Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist
"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 (1887-1986), American artist
"To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage."
–– Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist
via: Sketchbook 30, 2017, p. 47.
"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."
–– Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), American artist
via: Sketchbook 20, 2013, p. 90
