The way I see it, as soon as I make a piece I’ve lost control of it. — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
The work is what it is and hopefully it's seen as feminist work, or feminist-advised work, but I'm not going to go… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
I am always surprised at all the things people read into my photos, but it also amuse me. That may be because… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
I didn't want to make 'high' art, I had no interest in using paint, I wanted to find something that anyone could… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
If I knew what the picture was going to be like I wouldn’t make it. It was almost like it was made… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
One reason I was interested in photography was to get away from the preciousness of the art object. — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
I didn't think of what I was doing as political. To me it was a way to make the best out of… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
[My work is] maybe about me maybe not wanting to be me and wanting to be all these other characters. Or at… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and sometimes I've noticed something that I wasn't aware of, but… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
I don't think I can see the world through other people's eyes, but I can capture an attitude or a look that makes others… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
I’m really just using the mirror to summon something I don't even know until I see it. — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
Quite often, I will do something and think, 'Oh, no, she looks a little too much like me.' I have tried to learn not… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
The way I see it, as soon as I make a piece I’ve lost control of it. — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
When I do work, I get so much done in such a concentrated time that once I’m through a series, I’m so drained I… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
I always need to get away from whatever it is I've just finished, to feel a distance from it. — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
My dad was such a bigot. He was a horrible, self-centred person. He was really racist and he'd talk about the Jews and blacks… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
Some people have told me they remember the film that one of my images is derived from, but in fact I had no film… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
I want[ed] to make a show of really big pictures, because you see male artists doing it all the time. It just seemed like… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
I wonder how it is that I’m fooling so many people, I’m doing one of the most stupid things in the world…and people seem… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share Image
![“[My work is] maybe about me maybe not wanting to be me and wanting to be all these other characters. Or at least try them on.” quote by Cindy Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/76c/cindy-sherman-11074_character_my-work-is-maybe-about-me-maybe-not-want_2455905.jpg)
![“I want[ed] to make a show of really big pictures, because you see male artists doing it all the time. It just seemed like such a big egotistical thing. I thought, 'I don't know that many women that really do that… Damn it, I'm gonna do that-make this really big picture.'” quote by Cindy Sherman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5b1/cindy-sherman-11074_art_i-want-ed-to-make-a-show-of-really-big-p_647387.jpg)
