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Once I knew that I wanted to be an artist, I had made myself into one. I did not understand that wanting doesn't always lead to action. Many of the women had been raised without the sense that they could mold and shape their own lives, and so, wanting to be an artist (but without the ability to realize their wants) was, for some of them, only an idle fantasy, like wanting to go to the moon.

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To reclaim our past and insist that it become a part of our human history is the task that lies before us. For the future requires that women, as well as men, shape the world destiny.

Judy Chicago

Judy Chicago

Judy Chicago

Born: July 20, 1939 (age 87)

Bio: Judy Chicago is an American feminist artist, art educator, and writer known for her large collaborative art installation pieces which examine the role of women in history and culture.

Known for:

The Dinner Party (1979)
Rainbow Pickett (1965)
Pasadena Lifesavers Red Series #2 (1970)
1 Set Gerowitz Rare Wood Blocks, No. 3 (1967)
Mary Queen of Scots (1973)

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