"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

21 January 2012

Believing.

Strand, Georgia O'Keeffe, 1917


... I knew that when I wrote that I was hurting the artist in you and I like it that you kick back and spit at me. It isn't that I have a particular liking for being treated that way but I like the artist standing up for himself - believing in his own word no matter what anyone may say about it. Believing in what one does ones self is really more important that having other people pat you on the back.

- Georgia O'Keeffe, in a letter to Henry Cady Wells

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