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.
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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
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.
Faith Ringgold
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.
Faith Ringgold
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
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
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.
Faith Ringgold
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