I think people like to have everything be perfectly morally clear. When the lines get blurred it worries them. I'm not worried.… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
I never want to make videos with people who don't want to make them with me. I don't want to force people… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
I have very little interest in endlessly telling people about my artistic process. It sounds like throwing yourself against a wall and… — Laurel Nakadate Art Copy Share Image
I think most interesting people are socially awkward even if they're able to hide it most of the time. If Henry Darger… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
Well, my intention is to make work about being uncomfortable. About being in a world that isn't always the world you want… — Laurel Nakadate Awkwardness Copy Share Image
I present the thing we're going to do as a simple starting point. They all know it's an art piece and that… — Laurel Nakadate Advantage Copy Share Image
If you can see a thing you don't have anymore it's very heartbreaking. To hold onto things longer than we actually can… — Laurel Nakadate Art Copy Share Image
Also, I'm drawn to moments of ambiguity, when things could go right or they could go wrong. I'm interested in discomfort. Discomfort… — Laurel Nakadate Ambiguity Copy Share Image
Although I get a lot of ideas from things that have happened in my life, I see the final product as a… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
I think we're put out into the world to forge relationships with people. Those can be as small as buying coffee from… — Laurel Nakadate Buying Copy Share Image
Although I use myself in my videos, I really see myself as a character. When I look at myself, when I sit… — Laurel Nakadate Character Copy Share Image
After you die, your body is just there. Isn't it kind of embarrassing that your body is going to be there and… — Laurel Nakadate Body Copy Share Image
A lot of people think that my work is about mocking or making fun of things, but a lot of it is… — Laurel Nakadate Discomfort Copy Share Image
I won't look it in the eye. As soon as I do, I get scared. You gotta walk the plank at some… — Laurel Nakadate About yourself Copy Share Image
The amazing thing is that we live our lives with the hope that things will go right, that things will happen. And… — Laurel Nakadate Amazing things Copy Share Image
I shot my undergraduate work on 35mm. I love the way it looks, but I haven't shot film in a while. If… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
As people who make things, we have the ability to think of the most vile, awful things we can imagine, but it… — Laurel Nakadate Ability Copy Share Image
