Absolute freedom Quote by Kehinde Wiley

“Historically, women have either been excluded from the process of creating the definitions of what is considered art or allowed to participate only if…

— Judy Chicago

Because when an artist has to assert that her intended audience is all humans rather than those who happen to be of her particular…

— Cheryl Strayed

“It would take a denial of all cultural tradition for women to produce even a true 'female' art. For a woman who participates in…

— Shulamith Firestone

If the culture shifts, if people think differently about women, the art will shift, too. You can't ask art to make social change. It's…

— Salman Rushdie

I think we're still struggling to find a way of depicting women that doesn't objectify them.

— Rasika Dugal

For a while, I was nervous about portraying women because of the objectification that automatically comes with it, whether the artist intends or not.

— Toyin Odutola

I feel if you hold yourself as an artist first and foremost, the barriers of gender come down.

— Ondi Timoner

You have to separate artistic ability from ethnic origin. Not only am I not black, I am also not a woman, therefore how can…

— Gavin Hood

“We keep coming back to the question of representation because identity is always about representation. People forget that when they wanted white women to…

— bell hooks

Think of how hard it would be to create a gender-based movement across racial lines as long as one group believes that it has…

— Melissa Harris-Perry

“An artist bears no gender.”

— Don Santo

“To discover the history of women and art is in part to account for the way art history is written. To expose its underlying…

— Norma Broude