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White Beauty

Inspired by Georgia Totto O'Keeffe

Dedicated to Georgia Totto O'Keeffe

 

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.

 

If I could paint the flower exactly as I see it no one would see what I see because I would paint it small like the flower is small. 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 time to look at it - I will make even busy New Yorkers take time to see what I see of flowers.

 

...Well, I made you take time to look at what I saw and when you took time to really notice my flower you hung all your own associations with flowers on my flower and you write about my flower as if I think and see what you think and see of the flower - and I don't.

- Georgia O'Keeffe

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Uploaded on October 8, 2007
Taken on October 8, 2007