Women have always collected things and saved and recycled them because leftovers yielded nourishment in new forms. The decorative functional objects women made often spoke in a secret language, bore a covert imagery. When we read these images in needlework,… — Miriam Schapiro Copy Share
When I look back on the years of excessive self-doubt, I wonder how I was able to make my paintings. In part, I managed… — Miriam Schapiro Copy Share Image
I question the negative connotations of fabric, of ribbon, of lace. I turn these symbols of our imprisonment around. — Miriam Schapiro Copy Share Image
Women have always collected things and saved and recycled them because leftovers yielded nourishment in new forms. The decorative functional objects women made often spoke in a secret language, bore a covert imagery. When we read these images in needlework, in paintings, in quilts, rugs and scrapbooks, we sometimes find a cry for help, sometimes an allusion to a secret… — Miriam Schapiro Copy Share
If you were to survey celebrated women, with every step toward real success there came a baby. — Miriam Schapiro Copy Share Image
