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GEORGIA O'KEEFFE ~ ON PAINTING

29 September 2011

“So I said to myself-I’ll paint what I see-what the flower is to me but I’ll paint it big and they will be surprised into taking the time to look at it-I will make even busy New Yorkers take time to see what I see of flowers.”

Georgia O’Keeffe on Painting

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