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> [...I started photographing myself, and found that I could see portions of myself that I had never seen before. Since I face just my face in the mirror, I know pretty much what it's like. When I see a side-view…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-samaras/i-started-photographing-myself-and-found-that-i-could-see-portions-of/)

[Lucas Samaras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-samaras/)

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## More by Lucas Samaras

> [The Greek word for box is kouti which also means stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-samaras/the-greek-word-for-box-is-kouti-which-also-means-stupid/)

[Lucas Samaras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-samaras/)

> [You don’t have to say that nature is aware of your existence, that God knows you are here. The camera gives you proof that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-samaras/you-don-t-have-to-say-that-nature-is-aware-of-your-existence-that-god/)

[Lucas Samaras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-samaras/)

> [I am my own investigation territory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-samaras/i-am-my-own-investigation-territory/)

[Lucas Samaras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-samaras/)

> [...I started photographing myself, and found that I could see portions of myself that I had never seen before. Since I face just my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-samaras/i-started-photographing-myself-and-found-that-i-could-see-portions-of/)

[Lucas Samaras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-samaras/)

> [At any rate, when I began photographing myself, I could place myself in poses that had not been investigated by other artists. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-samaras/at-any-rate-when-i-began-photographing-myself-i-could-place-myself-in/)

[Lucas Samaras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-samaras/)

> [If an artist does not have an erotic involvement with everything that he sees, he may as well give up. To be a human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-samaras/if-an-artist-does-not-have-an-erotic-involvement-with-everything-that/)

[Lucas Samaras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-samaras/)

> [I was my own Peeping Tom. Because of the absence of people I could do anything, and if it wasn't good I could destroy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-samaras/i-was-my-own-peeping-tom-because-of-the-absence-of-people-i-could-do/)

[Lucas Samaras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-samaras/)

> [I'm looking back at what I did and how it works. In a sense I'm waiting to see how people will respond. I'm waiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-samaras/i-m-looking-back-at-what-i-did-and-how-it-works-in-a-sense-i-m/)

[Lucas Samaras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-samaras/)

> [Making art is dealing with people on your own terms. The ideal way of using people is using them like clay, but that being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-samaras/making-art-is-dealing-with-people-on-your-own-terms-the-ideal-way-of/)

[Lucas Samaras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-samaras/)

> [The selfie era offers a big opening: everybody can do it; nowadays even five-year-olds know how to take a nude self-portrait.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucas-samaras/the-selfie-era-offers-a-big-opening-everybody-can-do-it-nowadays-even/)

[Lucas Samaras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucas-samaras/)

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