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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.

~Faith Ringgold

Topics: Any Away Enjoy Exactly Exactly What Feel Get Gonna Hope Looking Mind Presumptuous Rate Right Right Away Started Stories Whatever Why Work Writing I Hope That

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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.

~Faith Ringgold

Topics: Able All Day Being Day Every Every Day Feel Great Just Know Like Love Luckiest Mean Person World You I Love

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Because the mask is your face, the face is a mask, so I'm thinking of the face as a mask because of the way I see faces is coming from an African vision of the mask which is the thing that we carry around with us, it is our presentation, it's our front, it's our face.

~Faith Ringgold

Topics: African Around Because Carry Coming Face Faces Front Mask Our Presentation See Thing Thinking Us Vision Way Which Your I See

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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.

~Faith Ringgold

Topics: Difficult Easy Gonna Had Hard Love Message Power Say Saying Something Sometimes Transmission Trying Whether I Love

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I had this idea that I wanted to do this mixture of visions of African American women and visions of African American men. And call it 'The Men' and call it 'The Women' and show different faces of these two people.

~Faith Ringgold

Topics: African African American American American Women Call Different Faces Had Idea Men Mixture People Show Two Two People Visions Wanted Women

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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.

~Faith Ringgold

Topics: Because Been Benefit Looking Lot Me Most Paintings People Think Understand I Think

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I guess I had fun doing it but it has hard memories for me.

~Faith Ringgold

Topics: Doing Fun Guess Had Hard Me Memories

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: October 8th, 1930

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