Feminist Art Quotes

• I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

  Rebecca West

  Girly, Time, Peace

  The Clarion, 14 Nov. 1913

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• The only thing I know is that I know nothing

  Socrates

  Inspirational, Philosophical, Learning

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• The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

  Frida Kahlo

  Art, Happy Friday, Needs

  Christina Burrus, Frida Kahlo (2008). “Frida Kahlo: 'I Paint My Reality'”

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  I would have girls regard themselves not as adjectives but as nouns.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Girl, Witty, Women

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton (2003). “The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: National protection for national citizens, 1873 to 1880”, p.491, Rutgers University Press

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• Feminist art is not some tiny creek running off the great river of real art. It is not some crack in an otherwise flawless stone. It is, quite spectacularly I think, art which is not based on the subjugation of one half of the species. It is art which will take the great human themes -love, death, heroism, suffering, history itself -and render them fully human. It may also, though perhaps our imaginations are so mutilated now that we are incapable even of the ambition, introduce a new theme, one as great and as rich as those others -should we call it joy?

  Andrea Dworkin

  Love, Running, Art

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• For me, now, feminist art must show a consciousness of women's social and economic position in the world. I also believe it demonstrates forms and perceptions that are drawn from a sense of spiritual kinship between women.

  Suzanne Lacy

  Spiritual, Art, Believe

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• Feminist art... will take the great human themes – love, death, heroism, suffering, history itself – and render them fully human.

  Andrea Dworkin

  Art, Feminist, Suffering

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• The work is what it is and hopefully it's seen as feminist work, or feminist-advised work, but I'm not going to go around espousing theoretical bullshit about feminist stuff.

  Cindy Sherman

  Bullshit, Stuff, Photographer

  "Studio: Cindy Sherman". Interview with Betsy Berne, www.tate.org.uk. June 1, 2003.

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• Feminist art is not some tiny creek running off the great river of real art. It is not some crack in an otherwise flawless stone. It is, quite spectacularly, art which is not based on the subjugation of one half of the species.

  Andrea Dworkin

  Running, Art, Real

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• The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to.

  Frida Kahlo

  Artist, Needs, Consideration

  Christina Burrus, Frida Kahlo (2008). “Frida Kahlo: 'I Paint My Reality'”

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• I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Strong Women, Memorable, Empowering

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I never made "feminist art," and if I did it was not deliberate.

  Michelle Stuart

  Art, Feminist, Made

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Feminist art may... though perhaps our imaginations are so mutilated now that we are incapable even of the ambition, introduce a new theme... should we call it 'joy'?

  Andrea Dworkin

  Art, Ambition, Imagination

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• I didn't like anti-Vietnam War art. I didn't like feminist art. I thought it was heavy-handed and stupid - as art.

  Robert Barry

  Art, Stupid, War

  Source: www.aaa.si.edu

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