“I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.” - Georgia O'Keeffe

I don't know if this is true or not but I've read that the American painter Georgia O'Keeffe who, if you image google her name you get a gazillion painings of flowers, also said the following:

"I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move."