I never could have predicted that I would have done something that could be called portraiture. — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
I do remember at my very first opening in 1979 another artist coming up to me, and he was haranguing me, saying, "Did you… — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
I feel like I spent so much time trying to understand my identity and my identity as an artist. But when all is said… — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
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… — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
I was always very proud of myself that I could wrest emotion from a doll or a puppet. It never occurred to me that… — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
Your ringtone is so personal to you, but the fact is millions of other people have your ringtone. I really love that connection, and… — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
Parenthetically, I have to say, I don't particularly like dolls, nor have I ever liked them. — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
Like all artists, I'm a complete cinephile; I see everything. I see past movies, present movies, indie movies, experimental movies. — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
It's funny: when you're an artist, your own work goes in and out of fashion with you. — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
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… — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
My favourite thing is to discover what someone does well and say, 'Do that for me.' — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
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… — Laurie Simmons Copy Share Image
