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title: "1 Feel Gonna Quotes By Faith Ringgold"
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> [I'm not so presumptuous to feel that they're gonna get it right away, get exactly what I have in mind. I hope that they'll enjoy looking at it at any rate, whatever it is. And that's why I started writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/i-m-not-so-presumptuous-to-feel-that-they-re-gonna-get-it-right-away/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

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## More by Faith Ringgold

> [I guess I had fun doing it but it has hard memories for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/i-guess-i-had-fun-doing-it-but-it-has-hard-memories-for-me/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

> [I think I had struck on a combination of imagery and politics that worked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/i-think-i-had-struck-on-a-combination-of-imagery-and-politics-that/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

> [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](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/you-can-t-sit-around-and-wait-for-somebody-to-say-who-you-are-you/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

> [Every time people struggle, they survive, they do better, and then they forget, and they end up back where they started from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/every-time-people-struggle-they-survive-they-do-better-and-then-they/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

> [It is so sad that it takes so long for people to understand what needs to happen in order to be free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/it-is-so-sad-that-it-takes-so-long-for-people-to-understand-what/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/i-can-recall-that-nobody-ever-went-out-the-door-that-wasn-t-dressed/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/when-they-re-looking-at-my-work-they-re-looking-at-a-painting-and/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/anyone-can-fly-all-you-need-is-somewhere-to-go-that-you-can-t-get-to/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

> [I have always wanted to tell my story - or, more to the point, my side of the story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/i-have-always-wanted-to-tell-my-story-or-more-to-the-point-my-side-of/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/i-just-feel-like-i-m-the-luckiest-person-in-the-world-being-able-to/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/black-women-have-never-embraced-feminism-they-didn-t-embrace-it-in/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

> [There were a lot of stop signs in my life... People telling you what to do, when to do it, and so on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/there-were-a-lot-of-stop-signs-in-my-life-people-telling-you-what-to/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

> [There were people who would complain about their jobs, and my mother would walk away from that job. I liked that a lot about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/there-were-people-who-would-complain-about-their-jobs-and-my-mother/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

> [I was functioning in a time when people were struggling, and they knew they had to struggle, and I was a part of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/i-was-functioning-in-a-time-when-people-were-struggling-and-they-knew/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

> [The reason why I began making quilts is because I wrote my autobiography in 1980 and couldn't get it published because I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-ringgold/the-reason-why-i-began-making-quilts-is-because-i-wrote-my/)

[Faith Ringgold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-ringgold/)

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