If I have extra money, I always love to support my friends who're making art. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
My lens and my personality, it's just fluid. The art isn't just in one place. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
Art was - and is - my biggest outlet. I'd probably die if I didn't do it. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
Social media has been such a big important thing for young artists and minorities because it's a community to get noticed. It's… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
With any medium you are working in, technical skills obviously help, but your mind is what you really need to expand. That… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
I didn't see spaces where female artists could exist and exhibit their work. So I created a platform for this - one… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
I'm very lucky that I'm not a photographer for hire - people hire me for me. I go into every commercial work… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
I don't know what I would've done without it. I really struggled in school with reading and writing. Art was my refuge… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
As much as I preach self-love, it's so hard for me to love myself. It's really hard, and it's just about building… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
I did two years at art school in criticism and curatorial practice, but I dropped out because I was frustrated that there… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
I think being collaborative is definitely more natural for people who are minorities in any sense - so people who aren't, like,… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I created this online platform for female artists. I messaged women who I loved; that's how I got… — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
When you see stories about women that aren't being told by women, it can make you feel like you don't exist. — Petra Collins Copy Share
With social media and all the new technology, there's just more interfaces around and reminders to constantly be working on our body. — Petra Collins Copy Share
Just being with a group of girls and experiencing sadness together - it's a pretty powerful thing. — Petra Collins Copy Share
I remember being 12 or 13 and reading 'Seventeen' and 'CosmoGirl.' They were all about self-improvement. — Petra Collins Copy Share
I'm used to seeing women being degraded, slut shamed, harassed for what they look like. Even the most powerful women in the world are… — Petra Collins Copy Share
My mom had been a script supervisor in Hungary, but you can't just jump into that in Canada without knowing any English. She worked… — Petra Collins Copy Share
I started out taking photos of my friends on, like, disposable cameras, and I documented my younger sister and her friends all through high… — Petra Collins Copy Share
There's definitely a romanticism of youth, like, everywhere. Specifically with women, they kind of only exist between the age of 15 to 25. — Petra Collins Copy Share
Hashtag activism is a catalyst, but things have to actually happen in real life. — Petra Collins Copy Share
Social media has been such a big important thing for young artists and minorities because it's a community to get noticed. It's having an… — Petra Collins Copy Share
The selfie is a powerful tool, but it can also be dangerous, and I am fascinated with the process of it because there is… — Petra Collins Copy Share
I look for subjects who have stories to tell - who are looking to tell something. — Petra Collins Copy Share
It's so important for women to create images of women - or any group, at that. — Petra Collins Copy Share
