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> [I do remember at my very first opening in 1979 another artist coming up to me, and he was haranguing me, saying, "Did you really intend for these things to be so dumb? You just put it there and took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/i-do-remember-at-my-very-first-opening-in-1979-another-artist-coming/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

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## More by Laurie Simmons

> [I do remember at my very first opening in 1979 another artist coming up to me, and he was haranguing me, saying, "Did you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/i-do-remember-at-my-very-first-opening-in-1979-another-artist-coming/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

> [I feel like I spent so much time trying to understand my identity and my identity as an artist. But when all is said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/i-feel-like-i-spent-so-much-time-trying-to-understand-my-identity-and/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

> [I remember years ago hearing a gynecologist say, "Women report a great sense of calm and well-being post-menopause." This was way before I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/i-remember-years-ago-hearing-a-gynecologist-say-women-report-a-great/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

> [I was always very proud of myself that I could wrest emotion from a doll or a puppet. It never occurred to me that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/i-was-always-very-proud-of-myself-that-i-could-wrest-emotion-from-a/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

> [Your ringtone is so personal to you, but the fact is millions of other people have your ringtone. I really love that connection, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/your-ringtone-is-so-personal-to-you-but-the-fact-is-millions-of-other/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

> [You mine your own past in order to get to know yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/you-mine-your-own-past-in-order-to-get-to-know-yourself/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

> [Parenthetically, I have to say, I don't particularly like dolls, nor have I ever liked them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/parenthetically-i-have-to-say-i-don-t-particularly-like-dolls-nor/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

> [Like all artists, I'm a complete cinephile; I see everything. I see past movies, present movies, indie movies, experimental movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/like-all-artists-i-m-a-complete-cinephile-i-see-everything-i-see-past/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

> [It's funny: when you're an artist, your own work goes in and out of fashion with you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/it-s-funny-when-you-re-an-artist-your-own-work-goes-in-and-out-of/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

> [Here were also moments of, you know, you have an exhibition: no sale, no reviews. It's hard not to get blue, and I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/here-were-also-moments-of-you-know-you-have-an-exhibition-no-sale-no/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

> [My favourite thing is to discover what someone does well and say, 'Do that for me.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/my-favourite-thing-is-to-discover-what-someone-does-well-and-say-do/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

> [The challenge has always been to wrest emotion out of a doll face that we think of as only having one emotion. It's moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/the-challenge-has-always-been-to-wrest-emotion-out-of-a-doll-face/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

> [I always say I'm an artist with the soul of a realtor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/i-always-say-i-m-an-artist-with-the-soul-of-a-realtor/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

> [Oh god, success is so exhausting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/oh-god-success-is-so-exhausting/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

> [I love acting. I can't believe how fun it is and how in-the-zone I am when I'm doing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laurie-simmons/i-love-acting-i-can-t-believe-how-fun-it-is-and-how-in-the-zone-i-am/)

[Laurie Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laurie-simmons/)

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