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12 quotes by Judy Chicago

Judy Chicago (born Judith Sylvia Cohen; July 20, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American feminist artist and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces which examine the role of women in history and culture. Born in Chicago, Illinois, as Judith Cohen, she changed her name after the death of her father and her first husband, choosing to disconnect from the idea of male dominated naming conventions. By the 1970s, Chicago...
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I think what's important is to give space to the range of human experience.

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Donald, my husband, considers himself a feminist.

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

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

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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... →

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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... →

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You shouldn't have to justify your work.

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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... →

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With my early work I got eviscerated by my male professors, and so you learned to disguise your impulses, as many women have done. And that's... →

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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.

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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... →

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People have accepted the media's idea of what feminism is, but that doesn't mean that it's right or true or real. Feminism is not... →

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