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 RinggoldI 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.
Faith RinggoldYou can't sit around and wait for somebody to say who you are. You need to write it and paint it and do it
Faith RinggoldI 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.
Faith RinggoldI'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.
Faith Ringgold