Judy Chicago Quotes & Sayings

“I am trying to make art that relates to the deepest and most mythic concerns of human kind and I believe that, at this moment of history, feminism is humanism.”

“Ah, well, do I wish that we lived in a world where gender didn't figure so prominently? Of course. Do I even think about myself as a woman when I go to make art? Of course not.”

“You shouldn't have to justify your work.”

“I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history.”

“I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.”

“Donald, my husband, considers himself a feminist.”

“I feel like I have at least begun to make a contribution, but my most significant concern has to do with whether my actual art will be preserved for future generations or be erased.”

“There's no question that many more women artists are showing worldwide now than they were when I was a young woman, and that's really great.”

“So women are at the beginning of building a language, and not all women are conscious of it.”

“I go to make art as who I am as a person. The fact that I am a woman comes into play maybe in the kinds of things I'm interested in or in the way I structure a canvas.”