When you're looking through a magazine, what makes you stop and think is when you see an image and imagine the narrative that is going on inside of it. Those are the ones I make into paintings. — Chantal Joffe Copy Share Image
I go everywhere by boat. I don't fly. It makes me feel really immobile but great. — Chantal Joffe Copy Share Image
I like the stories. I like the narratives that you get in fashion photography. And I like what the clothes do to the body… — Chantal Joffe Copy Share Image
I suppose all along all I ever really wanted to do was paint people. That never changed. — Chantal Joffe Copy Share Image
I really love painting women. Their bodies, their clothes - it all interests me, whereas men really don't that much, in a way. — Chantal Joffe Copy Share Image
When you're looking through a magazine, what makes you stop and think is when you see an image and imagine the narrative that is… — Chantal Joffe Copy Share Image
I'm a terrible photographer.I'm not being modest. My photos really are crap. But in a way, the more the photo is crap, the better… — Chantal Joffe Copy Share Image
I'm interested in the sheer fascination of beauty - beauty is fascinating. — Chantal Joffe Copy Share Image
I'm almost weeping when I'm painting my daughter. I've been thinking she won't be little for much longer. — Chantal Joffe Copy Share Image
I think about women and their thoughts and ideas, and I suppose when I'm painting them I'm getting to be them, in a sense.… — Chantal Joffe Copy Share Image
