Best quotes by Mickalene Thomas on Art

Checkout quotes by Mickalene Thomas on Art

• ‟ I define my work as a feminist act and a political act because I'm black and a woman. You don't necessarily have to claim that, but the act of making art itself is a political and feminist act when you're a woman.

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• ‟ There's a great desire for people to alter themselves, but it's also the art of transformation. 'I want a bigger butt; I want bigger boobs.' The artifice interests me - how we're capable of altering ourselves. There's a creative element that's very intriguing.

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• ‟ You know, the emotion - it comes in my art. The kind of person I am, I can deal with things, and I do and I can, but I'm not a crier.

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• ‟ I started making art with art therapy. It's what I know how to do. I got a lot of criticism for that when I was in school. But I think it works for me.

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• ‟ When I decided to go to art school, it wasn't necessarily something I thought I needed. No one talked about graduate school when I was an undergrad. I went on to a residency at the Studio Museum in Harlem, and that transition from Yale to the Studio Museum, that was the real beginning of my professional career.

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• ‟ I started making art during high school but thought I lacked the talent to become a true artist.

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• ‟ Once I made the decision to make art despite the obstacles and to make this my priority, things just opened up for me.

  - Mickalene Thomas