Around Quote by Alison Jackson

The religious imagery and fairytales that formed our shared cultural references have been replaced by the cult of celebrity. Marilyn is the sex goddess,…

— Alison Jackson

I suppose we carry photographs now, but I think it's rather wonderful that people used to carry drawings and watercolours. I wish people did…

— Alison Jackson

I'm really interested in how we view the public figure, what makes a public figure, what makes a celebrity, and how images make politicians,…

— Alison Jackson

I had a very outdoorsy childhood. I was athletic and used to ride and do dressage. I could ride almost before I could walk.…

— Alison Jackson

I'm not satirical in a traditional way. What I do is more about creating caricatures and cartoons. I am commentating on the nature of…

— Alison Jackson

I'm a contemporary artist and I show in art galleries and museums. I show a number of photographs and films, but I also make…

— Alison Jackson

Photography acts as a teaser, suggesting we can know something that we can never know. And the more we can't obtain it, the more…

— Alison Jackson

I think privacy is important, and it's important you don't bore people with your own boring self.

— Alison Jackson

Photography can be a deceitful, superficial medium that leads us into believing something even though we know it's not necessarily true. It lulls us…

— Alison Jackson

I am very pro-royal. Britain without them would be a sadder place.

— Alison Jackson

When I am preparing my 'lookalike' photographs, I think about the character of the real people, because, if the photographs are going to be…

— Alison Jackson

The only people I really hate are parking attendants.

— Alison Jackson