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 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 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.

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.

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 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.

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.