Early in my career, a critic said that I needed to "explain" the irony in my work, suggesting that I needed to add text next to the images to help people understand what I was trying to say. At first… — 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
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
I’m really just using the mirror to summon something I don't even know until I see it. — Cindy Sherman Copy Share
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
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
I always need to get away from whatever it is I've just finished, to feel a distance from it. — Cindy Sherman Copy Share
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
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
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
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
I have had a lifelong fascination with horror movies, scary movies, how they work. — Cindy Sherman Copy Share
Dreamers are those who have achieved in love and life, because it is a dream that got them there. — Cindy Sherman Copy Share
I wanted pretty pictures of older women - women who are trying too hard but succeeding - pulling off an extreme look. What I… — Cindy Sherman Copy Share
