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> [Sexuality, eroticism and desire are important for all of us. But that is also the contradiction. How can we speak about pictures and, for example, say no to this way of representing a woman's body? It's also a camera-and-object problem,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/sexuality-eroticism-and-desire-are-important-for-all-of-us-but-that/)

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## More by Pipilotti Rist

> [I'm always in awe of and respect humans for their ability to plan, but sometimes, good intentions are lost along the way. And often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/i-m-always-in-awe-of-and-respect-humans-for-their-ability-to-plan-but/)

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> [The smaller the group, the more trial and error and experimenting you can do. I do a lot of garbage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/the-smaller-the-group-the-more-trial-and-error-and-experimenting-you/)

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> [It will probably take several more generations before the female body can be considered a stand-in for the human body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/it-will-probably-take-several-more-generations-before-the-female-body/)

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> [ For me, it's not important whether \[subjects\] are naked, half-naked, or dressed. What I'm more interested in is how they present themselves: if someone… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/for-me-it-s-not-important-whether-subjects-are-naked-half-naked-or/)

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> [Whenever we remember a series of events, we remember them different. We are constantly changing. It's a flaw, but on the other hand, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/whenever-we-remember-a-series-of-events-we-remember-them-different-we/)

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> [Choosing a name is a self-fulfilling prophecy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/choosing-a-name-is-a-self-fulfilling-prophecy/)

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> [When I close my eyes, my imagination roams free. In the same way I want to create spaces for video art that rethink the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/when-i-close-my-eyes-my-imagination-roams-free-in-the-same-way-i-want/)

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> [I did not go to art school thinking that I was an artist; I went there mainly doing stage sets for bands. I considered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/i-did-not-go-to-art-school-thinking-that-i-was-an-artist-i-went-there/)

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> [It's impossible for artists to accept compliments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/it-s-impossible-for-artists-to-accept-compliments/)

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> [I always try to create equal power between the subject and the object, so as not to end up creating a relationship where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/i-always-try-to-create-equal-power-between-the-subject-and-the-object/)

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> [First I did animation films, when I was young, in time-lapse. And then in the '80s I went directly to video. The main reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/first-i-did-animation-films-when-i-was-young-in-time-lapse-and-then/)

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> [That is an annoying side of democracy. The pendulum falls often in the extreme, and then we have to bring it back. It's never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/that-is-an-annoying-side-of-democracy-the-pendulum-falls-often-in-the/)

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> [Women are less interested in watching two people having sex than in understanding how and what these people are feeling when they are having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/women-are-less-interested-in-watching-two-people-having-sex-than-in/)

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> [Every work is completely different. Sometimes the music is first, sometimes it's parallel, and sometimes the music is after. There's no rule. Music goes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/every-work-is-completely-different-sometimes-the-music-is-first/)

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> [I do a lot of garbage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pipilotti-rist/i-do-a-lot-of-garbage/)

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