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I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.


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Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.

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I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.



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

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



I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.



Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me.

Filling a space in a beautiful way - that is what art means to me.



I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.



If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.

If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.



Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.

Nobody sees a flower really; it is so small. We haven't time, and to see takes time - like to have a friend takes time.



When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs.

When people read erotic symbols into my painting, they're really thinking about their own affairs.



To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.





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Well, if you can't have what you want, you could try to want what you have.

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I'm not a knee-jerk conservative. I passionately believe in free markets and less government, but not to the point of being a libertarian.

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Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions.

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