When they're looking at my work, they're looking at a painting and they're able to accept it better because it is also a quilt.
I always knew I wanted to be somebody. I think that's where it begins. People decide, "I want to be somebody. I want to make a contribution. I want t… - Faith Ringgold
I always knew I wanted to be somebody. I think that's where it begins. People decide, "I want to be somebody. I want to make a contribution. I want t…
- Faith Ringgold
Anyone can fly. All you need is somewhere to go that you can't get to any other way. The next thing you know, you're flying among the stars. - Faith Ringgold
Anyone can fly. All you need is somewhere to go that you can't get to any other way. The next thing you know, you're flying among the stars.
No other creative field is as closed to those who are not white and male as is the visual arts. After I decided to be an artist, the first thing that… - Faith Ringgold
No other creative field is as closed to those who are not white and male as is the visual arts. After I decided to be an artist, the first thing that…
Because the mask is your face, the face is a mask, so I'm thinking of the face as a mask because of the way I see faces is coming from an African vis… - Faith Ringgold
Because the mask is your face, the face is a mask, so I'm thinking of the face as a mask because of the way I see faces is coming from an African vis…
Creativity helps us realize that we don't have to understand everything. We can enjoy something -feel it and use it- without ever fully comprehending… - Faith Ringgold
Creativity helps us realize that we don't have to understand everything. We can enjoy something -feel it and use it- without ever fully comprehending…
I will always remember when the stars fell down around me and lifted me up above the George Washington Bridge. - Faith Ringgold
I will always remember when the stars fell down around me and lifted me up above the George Washington Bridge.
The great enemy of creativity is fear. When we're fearful, we freeze up - like a nine-year-old who won't draw pictures, for fear everybody will laugh… - Faith Ringgold
The great enemy of creativity is fear. When we're fearful, we freeze up - like a nine-year-old who won't draw pictures, for fear everybody will laugh…
I became a feminist because I wanted to help my daughters, other women and myself aspire to something more than a place behind a good man. - Faith Ringgold
I became a feminist because I wanted to help my daughters, other women and myself aspire to something more than a place behind a good man.
I'm not presumptuous enough to feel that people are going to feel what I have in mind, so I tell a story, you know, let them read something, that doe… - Faith Ringgold
I'm not presumptuous enough to feel that people are going to feel what I have in mind, so I tell a story, you know, let them read something, that doe…
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