Best quotes by Mickalene Thomas on Women

Checkout quotes by Mickalene Thomas on Women

• ‟ I remember when I first saw Whoopi Goldberg doing standup, and she was wearing a sheet on her head, basically pretending to be this little white girl with long luxurious blonde hair. Everyone can relate to that. It's an oral history of black women's lives through laughter.

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• ‟ I am proud to be able to exhibit my work and inspire young people. Especially young black women so they know that they are beautiful, that they don't have to hold onto any negative stereotypes.

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• ‟ I'm really interested in women, particularly the kind of black woman who has overcome obstacles in her life and transformed.

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• ‟ I've always been interested in masking, layering, dressing up and beautifying yourself and what that meant to black women. I've always wanted to make things that I haven't seen before.

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• ‟ Beauty has always been an element of discussion for black women, whether or not we were the ones having the conversation.

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• ‟ In my family, growing up, the women were always the ones who were powerful, and they exuded this charisma of empowerment that I hold onto and always remember. I had some difficult times, but these strong women were always a constant.

  - Mickalene Thomas