“HERstory” was born out of a curiosity to learn more about the incredible women in herstory whose shoulders we stand on. So far, I have created 30 portraits, and plan to create at least 100. This project has been a marvelous way for me to push myself as an illustrator, feminist, and woman.
“Radical simply means, grasping things at the root.”
“I am my own muse, the subject I know best. The subject I want to know better.”
“God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there’s no turning back.”
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
“The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.”
“If one man can destroy everything, why can’t one woman change it?”
“The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up.”
“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”
“Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you’re doing. If you’re not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.”
“Use your fear… it can take you to the place where you store your courage.”
“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world, indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
“You learn for yourself, not for others, not to show off, not to put the other down. Leaning is your secret, it is all you have, it is the only thing you can call your own. Nobody can take it away…”
“I’m not going to die, I am going to go home like a shooting star.”
“Love recognizes no barriers, it jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”
“An artist’s duty, as far as I’m concerned, is to reflect the times.”
“Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.”
“You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.”
“The generation that destroys the environment is not the generation that pays the price. That is the problem.”
“Let us be the ancestors our descendants will thank.”