I can't live where I want to, I can't go where I want to go, I can't do what I want to, I can't even say what I want to. I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to.
Georgia O'KeeffeRead
You are one of my nicest thoughts.
Interpretation
This quote expresses deep affection and appreciation for someone special.
Georgia O'Keeffe's quote highlights the notion that thoughts can reflect our feelings and values. By stating that someone is 'one of my nicest thoughts', O'Keeffe conveys that the presence of this person brings joy and beauty to her mind, illustrating how love and admiration can transform our inner landscape.
In practice
This quote can be used as a heartfelt message in a love letter.
I can't live where I want to, I can't go where I want to go, I can't do what I want to, I can't even say what I want to. I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to.
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.
It was in the 1920s, when nobody had time to reflect, that I saw a still-life painting with a flower that was perfectly exquisite, but so small you really could not appreciate it.
Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression.
Objective painting is not good painting unless it is good in the abstract sense. A hill or tree cannot make a good painting just because it is a hill or tree. It is lines and colors put together so that they may say something.
Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things.
O love, be moderate, allay thy ecstasy, In measure rain thy joy, scant this excess!
My soul Is Naked. _x000D_ It wears The Transparent Garment Of Love.
Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which will bloom most constantly?
He had been my almost. My might-have-been. I was afraid of what I wanted most - His kiss. Still, I collected kiss stories. -Susie Salmon
They say that loving eyes can never see, but that's a fool's axiom. Sometimes, they see too much
Love for God is obedience; love for God is holiness. To love God and to love man is to be conformed to the image of Christ, and this is salvation.
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