I remember so many girls when I was growing up who hated the way they looked. — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
[I want to] refuting the whole idea that there is only one way to look; that women have to be so skinny… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
In a way, it [my style] is an homage. But I didn't really know about it at first. But then when I… — 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
For me it is not a detachment to take a picture. It's a way of touching somebody - it's a caress… I… — 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
I used to live with Teri Toye in the '80s - a really gorgeous transsexual. She won Girl of the Year in… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
There are ways of angling the camera. I don't just use a tripod. The only time I did that was in '88… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
A lot of people seem to think that art or photography is about the way things look, or the surface of things.… — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
My work has been about making a record of my life that no one can revise. I photograph myself in times of… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
American magazines are becoming very patriotic beyond belief to the point that I can't live there any more. — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Each time I spend with Stella McCartney, I like her better. So I was excited to be asked by her. — Nan Goldin Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“[I want to] refuting the whole idea that there is only one way to look; that women have to be so skinny to look good; that they have to be 12 years old and wearing clothes that only women in their 30s and 40s can afford.” quote by Nan Goldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a16/nan-goldin-6289_clothes_i-want-to-refuting-the-whole-idea-that-t_2246338.jpg)
![“In a way, it [my style] is an homage. But I didn't really know about it at first. But then when I started living in Berlin in the early '90s, I started getting ID and Dazed and Confused. I was shocked how close things were to my work.” quote by Nan Goldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1aa/nan-goldin-6289_berlin_in-a-way-it-my-style-is-an-homage-but-i_1548208.jpg)
![“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/img-quotes/72d/nan-goldin-6289_cameras_i-feel-like-if-i-started-to-use-it-camer_2611827.jpg)
![“I used to live with Teri Toye in the '80s - a really gorgeous transsexual. She won Girl of the Year in 1986 [I think] as a Chanel model and she introduced this whole way of slinky, slow-motion modeling. It was amazing that the girl of the year was actually born male.” quote by Nan Goldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0aa/nan-goldin-6289_80s_i-used-to-live-with-teri-toye-in-the-80s_2099773.jpg)
![“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 for their pain but it distresses me to see them all become more patriotic.” quote by Nan Goldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4a5/nan-goldin-6289_compassion_some-people-have-become-in-u-s-a-lot-mor_290764.jpg)