My teachers always said, "You're very talented, but don't set your heart on art. You're only a girl." I was inspired by Virginia Woolf in 1960, but they wouldn't let me write about her. They said she was a trivializer.… — Carolee Schneemann Copy Share Image
The people from where I grew up have no appreciation for Paleolithic rocks or menstrual calendars. I'm a retriever of lost iconographies. But I had real training and have deep discipline, and I believe in it. Too much of the work I see today is just cultural junk. It's very superficial and has no rigor. It doesn't address the dynamic… — Carolee Schneemann Copy Share
I wouldn’t want to be labelled unless it was something much broader and inclusive such as an ecological artist or a visionary artist, but… — Carolee Schneemann Copy Share Image
Drawing and masturbation were the first sacred experiences I remember. — Carolee Schneemann Copy Share Image
I assume the senses crave sources of maximum information, that the eye benefits by exercise, stretch, and expansion towards materials of complexity and substance,… — Carolee Schneemann Copy Share Image
In the end, it's always a single person who makes change. But I do think we should try to send artists out into the… — Carolee Schneemann Copy Share Image
I don't even like the word 'relax'! If I have a partner and we make love a lot, then I'm in a very pure… — Carolee Schneemann Copy Share Image
It's really hard to have a fair discussion when you're faced with militarism, aggression, and greed. The militarists do not want dialogue. They want… — Carolee Schneemann Copy Share Image
My teachers always said, "You're very talented, but don't set your heart on art. You're only a girl." I was inspired by Virginia Woolf… — Carolee Schneemann Copy Share Image
How do we get utopian thinking in a dystopian world? These days we aren't talking to each other - we're screaming and trying to… — Carolee Schneemann Copy Share Image
An older friend once told me, "Life didn't ask for your opinion," which I liked. — Carolee Schneemann Copy Share Image
The way I understand composition and form and my ability to enter into material all comes from my disciplines and my commitment as a… — Carolee Schneemann Copy Share Image
We don't necessarily need so many artists. I recommend that many of the people who think they want to be artists should go into… — Carolee Schneemann Copy Share Image
