Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgoldis an African-American artist, best known for her narrative quilts...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionIllustrator
Date of Birth8 October 1930
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
american-artist benefit decided work
I think actually it's been a benefit to me that my work has been in quilt form, that I decided to quilt my paintings, which is what I do.
trying messages sometimes
I had something I was trying to say and sometimes the message is an easy transmission and sometimes it's a difficult one but I love the power of saying it so I'm gonna do it whether it's hard or easy.
letting-go running children
The great enemy of creativity is fear. When we're fearful, we freeze up - like a nine-year-old who won't draw pictures, for fear everybody will laugh. Creativity has a lot to do with a willingness to take risks. Think about how children play. They run around the playground, they trip, they fall, they get up and run some more. They believe everything will be all right. They feel capable; they let go. Good businesspeople behave in a similar way: they lose $15 million, gain $20 million, lose $30 million and earn it back. If that isn't playing, I don't know what is!
daughter men feminist
I became a feminist because I wanted to help my daughters, other women and myself aspire to something more than a place behind a good man.
success ambition thinking
I always knew I wanted to be somebody. I think that's where it begins. People decide, "I want to be somebody. I want to make a contribution. I want to leave my mark here." Then different factors contribute to how you will do that.
quilts able painting
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.
american-artist enjoy exactly gonna hope looking stories whatever
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 stories on my work.
american-artist people
I think that has been a benefit to me because I think most people understand quilts and not a lot of people understand paintings. But yet they're looking at one.