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I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

- Mickalene Thomas
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I am proud to be able to exhibit my work and inspire young people. Especially young black women so they know that they are beautiful, that they don't have to hold onto any negative stereotypes.

With photography, you've captured a moment time - it's that moment only - and in painting, you play with it; you manipulate how time is presented. It's about fantasy and illusion and the creation of desire.

I define my work as a feminist act and a political act because I'm black and a woman. You don't necessarily have to claim that, but the act of making art itself is a political and feminist act when you're a woman.

What's always intriguing to me is transforming my subjects into a character from another era.

When you look at death, it makes you understand the importance of the moment when you have life and death in front of you, and you witness seeing someone deteriorating in front of you - it's an overwhelming experience. If you don't learn from that, I don't know what else you're gonna learn.

I'm a black American, and I'm proud to represent who and where I'm from - unapologetically. There's no shame in my game.

I grew up with a lot of brothers, and I don't have any sisters, so for me it's really important to develop my sisterhood. It's something I've always coveted.

You know, the emotion - it comes in my art. The kind of person I am, I can deal with things, and I do and I can, but I'm not a crier.

I look to a lot of artists who don't focus on one medium, who you can't pigeonhole.

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I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.