Before I put a brush to canvas, I question, Is this mine . . . Is it influenced by some idea which I have acquired from some man . . . I am trying with all my skill to do a painting that is all of women, as well as all of me. (Georgia O'Keeffe)

Before I put a brush to canvas, I question, Is this mine . . . Is it influenced by some idea which I have acquired from some man . . . I am trying with all my skill to do a painting that is all of women, as well as all of me.

Georgia O'Keeffe

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