Nobody sees a flower, really, it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Born in Wisconsin in 1887, O'Keeffe is the mother of American modernism. Her magnified flowers and Southwestern landscapes distill nature into bold abstract forms that feel simultaneously intimate and monumental.
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For those who want more, time is never enough.
-- Democritus
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
-- Søren Kierkegaard
Drawing is not form; it is the way of seeing form.
-- Edgar Degas
I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.
-- Georgia O'Keeffe
The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble.
-- Auguste Rodin
The straight line belongs to men, the curved one to God.
-- Antoni Gaudí