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 doesn't change, that as I have said it, you know, so… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
I think I had struck on a combination of imagery and politics that worked. — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
You can't sit around and wait for somebody to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and do it — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
Every time people struggle, they survive, they do better, and then they forget, and they end up back where they started from. — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
It is so sad that it takes so long for people to understand what needs to happen in order to be free. — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
I can recall that nobody ever went out the door that wasn't dressed nicely, even though it was the Depression. I particularly remember on… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
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. — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
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… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
I have always wanted to tell my story - or, more to the point, my side of the story. — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
I just feel like I'm the luckiest person in the world being able to do what I love and be able to do it… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
Black women have never embraced feminism. They didn't embrace it in the '50s and '60s; they're not embracing it now. That's not new. I… — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
There were a lot of stop signs in my life... People telling you what to do, when to do it, and so on. — Faith Ringgold Copy Share Image
