Georgia okeeffe quotes feminism. Certainly in the era in which she was working okeeffe was in a male dominated world and was repeatedly reminded of her gender and otherness as she moved through the art world. Yet grasso believes okeeffe embodied feminism in her work and daily living. Right from the get go georgia okeeffe resisted patriarchy.
Her greatest contribution to feminism wasnt in terms of advocacy or petitioning but rather in the ways she devoted her whole life to making art which still continues to inspire creativity that can lead to feminist activism. Georgia okeeffe quotes showing 1 30 of 72. Everettcsu archivesalamy stock photo okeeffe 1887 1986 spent much of her career which spanned the best part of the 20th.
Its not enough to be nice in life. Several feminist critics have praised okeeffes work as capturing feminist themes far ahead of their time. Youve got to have nerve.
Ive been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and ive never let it keep me from doing a single thing that i wanted to do. I have always resented being told that there are things i cannot do because i am a woman she told a national womans party audience in 1926. Georgia okeeffe and one of her skull paintings 1931.
Georgia okeeffe i believe i would rather have stieglitz like something anything i had done than anyone else i know. Paul rosenfeld a renowned critic wrote memorably of okeeffes work in 1922 no man could feel as georgia okeeffe and utter himself precisely in such curves and colors. I remember how i used to argue with my brother about which were best boys or girls.
Her paintings were renowned for expanded vegetation new york skyscrapers and landscapes of new mexico. It is necessary to feel america like america love america and then work.