Judy Chicago Quotes

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• I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that, at this moment…
• People have accepted the media's idea of what feminism is, but that doesn't mean that it's right or true or real. Feminism is not monolithic.…
• So women are at the beginning of building a language, and not all women are conscious of it.
• I believe in art that is connected to real human feeling, that extends itself beyond the limits of the art world to embrace all people…
• Because men have a history, it is difficult for them to imagine what it is like to grow up without one, or the sense of…
• Because we are denied knowledge of our history, we are deprived of standing upon each other's shoulders and building upon each other's hard earned accomplishments.…
• Once I knew that I wanted to be an artist, I had made myself into one. I did not understand that wanting doesn't always lead…
• With my early work I got eviscerated by my male professors, and so you learned to disguise your impulses, as many women have done. And…
• Even if I am simply one more woman laying one more brick in the foundation of a new and more humane world, it is enough…
• Remember our heritage is our power; we can know ourselves and our capacities by seeing that other women have been strong.
• I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.
• In the beginning, the feminine principle was seen as the fundamental cosmic force. All ancient peoples believed that the world was created by a female…
• In the beginning, the feminine principle was seen as the fundamental cosmic force. All ancient peoples believed that the world was created by a female…
• You shouldn't have to justify your work.
• I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history
• Ah, well, do I wish that we lived in a world where gender didn't figure so prominently? Of course. Do I even think about myself…
• Donald, my husband, considers himself a feminist.
• There's no question that many more women artists are showing worldwide now than they were when I was a young woman, and that's really great.
• I go to make art as who I am as a person. The fact that I am a woman comes into play maybe in the…
• I feel like I have at least begun to make a contribution, but my most significant concern has to do with whether my actual art…

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