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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The straight line belongs to men, the curved one to God.
-- Antoni Gaudí
Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic.
-- Antoni Gaudí
The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble.
-- Auguste Rodin
Study nature, but do not abandon the brush.
-- Takeuchi Seihō
For those who want more, time is never enough.
-- Democritus
Drawing is not form; it is the way of seeing form.
-- Edgar Degas