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 bit both felt pain pleased results time trying
I was pleased with the results but every time I look at both of those pictures, I feel a little bit of the pain I felt in trying to put it together.
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.
american-artist fact hear people recognize saying trying
I think about what I'm trying to say and recognize the fact that people may see what I see or may hear what I'm saying or may not.
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.
writing waiting needs
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
stars flying way
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 flying among the stars.
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.
creativity use helping
Creativity helps us realize that we don't have to understand everything. We can enjoy something -feel it and use it- without ever fully comprehending it.
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.
eye people mind
I'm not presumptuous enough to feel that people are going to feel what I have in mind, so I tell a story, you know, let them read something, that doesn't change, that as I have said it, you know, so that's the way I feel about the viewer, the viewer has a mind of their own and eyes of their own and they're going to see it their way, I just hope they look.
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.
i-like-you mean great-day
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 all day every day if I like, you know, I mean it's great, I love it.
enough stills dissatisfaction
Less is even less, and more is still not quite enough.