"The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters."

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Source : Quoted in WChadwick Women, Art and Society (1990).

Georgia O'Keeffe

#Funny Quotes #Women Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“It's a wonderful thing to be able to create your own world whenever you want to.”
“There were times, I'm sure you knew, when I bit off more than I could chew. But through it all, when there was doubt, I ate it up and spit it out.”

Source : Song: My Way, 2007
“I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is six to five against.”
“We don't know what may yet happen to us, what military and political defeats we may yet have to face.”
“Writing about real stuff that really concerned me brought out my craft. If you're writing a story about, 'Is Lois Lane gonna figure out that Superman is Clark Kent?' - it's really hard to get involved in that on anything other than a craft level. And I'm not gonna put down craftsmanship; it is a noble enough thing to have made a table that you can pound on and it doesn't fall down. But occasionally, we might have an assignment that engages some other parts of ourselves, and those tend to be the good stories.”
“Well, with the French language, which I understood and spoke, however imperfectly, and read in great quantities, at certain times, the matter I suppose was slightly different from either Latin or Greek.”
“It makes no difference where you go ...there you are.”
“The Seconds that tick as the clock moves along Are Privates who march with a spirit so strong. The Minutes are Captains. The Hours of the day Are Officers brave, who lead on to the fray. So, remember, when tempted to loiter and dream You've an army at hand; your command is supreme; And question yourself, as it goes on review-- Had it helped in the fight with the best it could do?”

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