I remember seeing a photograph of myself en pointe with my hand over my head and the other hand turned in under my breast curtseying. I took dance lessons at Miss Debbie's Dance Studio, and she put this picture of… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
I think one important thing that happens in the studio is accepting yourself as the enemy and painting from that point of view. So instead of pointing the finger outward and passing judgment, instead, you start with yourself as your… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to be a finger-wagger at society. I sort of start with myself. — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
A good film is always nourishing. It's not about it being hopeful or bleak; it's about how it touches you, how it moves or… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
You always feel very vulnerable when you put your work out there. You feel a kind of nakedness. And you expose something of the… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
It's easy to attack an artist as misogynist, but that's really such a facile epithet. And if an artist is constantly worrying about how… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
If you don't have your unconscious working for you, you're really out of luck as an artist. — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
I stopped painting because I was so shocked at what I was doing and how much I wasn't in the work. The work was… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
I was looking at books and reading the indexes and finding a next book and reading that book, and then from that index ...… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
There was an expression of intensity in dance that was so compelling to me that I wanted a piece of that action. — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
I think great art goes beyond the control of the artist. In some ways, art often makes itself and reveals things about that artist… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
I remember seeing a photograph of myself en pointe with my hand over my head and the other hand turned in under my breast… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
I think one important thing that happens in the studio is accepting yourself as the enemy and painting from that point of view. So… — Lisa Yuskavage Copy Share Image
