Usually people just do their own work. But I want to deal with the place and what it means to show in… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
I had my first museum showing of my slide show in Rotterdam, in 1983. I love Rotterdam. I love harbour cities in general. — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
It's so rare to see a woman's sexuality, real female sexuality, either in the shows or in the clothes. — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
I always thought if I photographed anyone or anything enough, I would never lose the person, I would never lose the memory,… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
My work shows the beauty in so many different kinds of people because I never photograph anyone who I don't think is… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
That's where I got the idea to paint the walls of the gallery with varied colours [at the Whitechapel show]. I tried… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
I feel like if I started to use it [camera] that way, it would be like a sin almost. I never show… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
You know it's said that you make your own face. So you don't really have a face until you are 30 or… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
I was recently interviewed for radio in relation to the "Thanksgiving" show [2001] at the Saatchi gallery that I was part of.… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
In '83 I started travelling round Europe with my slide show. It wasn't until I moved to Europe and got accepted in… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
I shot for French and British Vogue. The British Vogue one featured clothes by Chloe and was shot at Highgate and the John Soane… — Nan Goldin Copy Share
I'm very much interested in water and women in water. I've been photographing that for years although I didn't really know it at the… — Nan Goldin Copy Share
I think it killed my sister as the times she was living in were so conformist. This is a subject I really want to… — Nan Goldin Copy Share
American magazines are becoming very patriotic beyond belief to the point that I can't live there any more. — Nan Goldin Copy Share
I'm very flattered when people I respect like my work. It's like a dream of a little kid when somebody I idolised likes my… — Nan Goldin Copy Share
I always thought if I photographed anyone or anything enough, I would never lose the person, I would never lose the memory, I would… — Nan Goldin Copy Share
As a non-Catholic, and since I was a child, I have been obsessed with the ritual and the beauty of Catholic art. I look… — Nan Goldin Copy Share
The main thing that I want to say is that I don't think women are at their most beautiful in their adolescence or in… — Nan Goldin Copy Share
Each time I spend with Stella McCartney, I like her better. So I was excited to be asked by her. — Nan Goldin Copy Share
A lot of people seem to think that art or photography is about the way things look, or the surface of things. That's not… — Nan Goldin Copy Share
Some people have become [in U.S] a lot more conservative but I can't really speak about that because I wasn't there. I feel compassion… — Nan Goldin Copy Share
I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve… — Nan Goldin Copy Share
I know somewhat about Kate [Moss who featured in the Vogue spread]. I always thought that Kate's look had come from my old friend… — Nan Goldin Copy Share
![“That's where I got the idea to paint the walls of the gallery with varied colours [at the Whitechapel show]. I tried to figure out how all these Renaissance paintings manage to work together.” quote by Nan Goldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/nan-goldin-6289_artist_that-s-where-i-got-the-idea-to-paint-the_1646159.png)
![“I feel like if I started to use it [camera] that way, it would be like a sin almost. I never show people ugly pictures I take of them. I usually destroy them. So even if I like it, and they don't, it doesn't get shown.” quote by Nan Goldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/nan-goldin-6289_camera_i-feel-like-if-i-started-to-use-it-camer_2611827.png)
![“I was recently interviewed for radio in relation to the "Thanksgiving" show [2001] at the Saatchi gallery that I was part of. The interviewer said that people in London were very disturbed that I showed a picture of myself battered ("Nan One Month after Being Battered", 1984) and they thought that…” quote by Nan Goldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d1/nan-goldin-6289_accused_i-was-recently-interviewed-for-radio-in_896865.jpg)
