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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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