I get out my work and have a show for myself before I have it publicly…

Georgia O'Keeffe
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I get out my work and have a show for myself before I have it publicly. I make up my own mind about it-how good or bad or indifferent it is. After that, the critics can write what they please. I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free. ✨ Georgia O'Keeffe (1977). Georgia O'Keeffe, Viking Pr
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