The abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thi…

Georgia O'Keeffe
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The abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can clarify in paint. ✨ Georgia O'Keeffe, Jonathan Stuhlman, Barbara Buhler Lynes (2007). Georgia O'Keeffe: Circling Around Abstraction, p.15, Hudson Hills
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The abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can clarify in paint. ✨ Georgia O'Keeffe, Jonathan Stuhlman, Barbara Buhler Lynes (2007). Georgia O'Keeffe: Circling Around Abstraction, p.15, Hudson Hills

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