12 quotes
American modernist artist (1887–1986)
“Where I was born and where and how I have lived is unimportant. It is what I have done with where I have been that should be of interest.”
"I have been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I have never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do."
on Fear
"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."
on Courage
"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."
"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for."
on Art
"To create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage."
"Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time like to have a friend takes time."
on Friendship
"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."
"To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage."
"I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free."
on Freedom
"Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven't time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time."
"It's not enough to be nice in life. You've got to have nerve."
