Humans and animals Quotes by Patricia Piccinini

We did have one work where it looked like the fibreglass was discolouring, but it turned out it was reacting to the foam it…

— Patricia Piccinini

In the studio we spend a lot of time working our what materials will work best and also last. We do tests and come…

— Patricia Piccinini

I have been interested in visual arts since high school and, after realising that I had absolutely no interest in the economics degree I…

— Patricia Piccinini

The way we look at nineteenth-century English social realism and appreciate the working classes of the emerging industrial revolution.

— Patricia Piccinini

I started thinking of digital imaging, not photography, in 1994 as it seemed the most appropriate way to deal with ideas of biotechnology and…

— Patricia Piccinini

In one hundred years time people will look back and think 'these people were really worried about the environment, they were looking at things…

— Patricia Piccinini

I feel that there's hardly any irony in my work; if there's anything, there'll be sincerity, which people sometimes find hard to deal with.

— Patricia Piccinini

For me it is a matter of respect for the ideas in the work and the people who look at them. I absolutely hate…

— Patricia Piccinini

A child came up to me and asked 'am I dreaming?' I had a similar experience coming to the Art Gallery of South Australia…

— Patricia Piccinini

I don't think 'Dark Heart' has to be malevolent. It conveys a sense of depth. There is a sense of questioning turmoil.

— Patricia Piccinini

Now that other people have my works, it's really important to me that what they have has longevity.

— Patricia Piccinini

In the studio we use a pretty wide range of materials for the sculptures; silicone, fibreglass, human and animal hair, ABS plastic, dental acrylic,…

— Patricia Piccinini