"I realized that were I to paint flowers small, no one would look at them because I was unknown. So I thought I'll make them big, like the huge buildings going up. People will be startled; they'll have to look at them - and they did."

-- Georgia O'Keeffe

#Flower Quotes #Artist Quotes #People Quotes

“Although most of us know Vincent van Gogh in Arles and Paul Gauguin in Tahiti as if they were neighbors -- somewhat disreputable but endlessly fascinating -- none of us can name two French generals or department store owners of that period. I take enormous pride in considering myself an artist, one of the necessaries.”
“Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.”
“A drop of water, if it could write out its own history, would explain the universe to us.”
“To be outspoken when truth is under attack, when charity is being bruise, or when important issues of life are at stake is a good and courageous thing. To be outspoken when nothing is at stake except the feelings of someone else is a small and contemptible thing.”

Source : Lawrence G. Lovasik (1999). “The Hidden Power of Kindness: A Practical Handbook for Souls who Dare to Transform the World, One Deed at a Time”, p.140, Sophia Institute Press
“Words could be just as deadly as steel.”

Source : Sarah J. Maas (2014). “The Assassin's Blade: The Throne of Glass Novellas”, p.156, Bloomsbury Publishing
“My daughter, when she was a week old, was diagnosed with congenital heart disease. For the past thirteen years, she's had four major heart surgeries. She's a candidate for - and must have - heart replacement surgery in order to have a long life.”

Source : Interview With Scott B., www.ign.com. February 14, 2002.
“Every time you think you canâ€™t do something... someone else thinks they can.”
“Pacifist propaganda and the resolutions of the parliamentarians encouraged such treaties, and toward the end of the nineteenth century their number had increased considerably.”

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