“I think all children love art, but not all get the opportunity to do i...” — Faith Ringgold Quote

I think all children love art, but not all get the opportunity to do it.

What has not changed is people are still doing whatever they think they can get away with. I think there's still a lot of advancement for people, generally speaking, to learn to let other people live in the world with freedom.

I have always wanted to tell my story - or, more to the point, my side of the story.

Paintings, people really don't understand... They don't really get paintings. Quilts they do understand because everybody has a quilt in their house.

There were a lot of stop signs in my life... People telling you what to do, when to do it, and so on.

As parents know, little children are, by their nature, without guile. They speak the thoughts of their minds without reservation or hesitance as we have learned as parents when they embarrass us at times. They do not deceive. They set an example of being without guile.

Women now have choices. They can be married, not married, have a job, not have a job, be married with children, unmarried with children. Men have the same choice we've always had: work, or prison.

When I hear people talk about juggling, or the sacrifices they make for their children, I look at them like they're crazy, because 'sacrifice' infers that there was something better to do than being with your children.

I've got eight children, 10 grandkids. I have friends over all the time, and I like to cook.