Cindy Sherman

I think people are more apt to believe photographs, especially if it’s something fantastic. They’re willing to be more gullible. Sometimes they…

— Cindy Sherman

I wanted to create something that people could relate to without having read a book about it beforehand.

— Cindy Sherman

People are always trying to find the next groovy thing, and it hasn't gone back to painting... I'd like it to go…

— Cindy Sherman

I feel I'm anonymous in my work. When I look at the pictures, I never see myself; they aren't self-portraits. Sometimes I…

— Cindy Sherman

The models have always been the least interesting thing about fashion.

— Cindy Sherman

As I was looking through a book about German Expressionist films and their stars, it all came together because of the extreme…

— Cindy Sherman

I am fine, though it is hard to think of what kind of work to make at this point, other than decorative,…

— Cindy Sherman

My ideas are not developed before I actually do the pieces.

— Cindy Sherman

I'm good at using my face as a canvas… I'll see a photograph of a character and try to copy them on…

— Cindy Sherman

I'll see a photograph of a character and try to copy them on to my face. I think I'm really observant, and…

— Cindy Sherman

In horror stories or in fairy tales, the fascination with the morbid is also, at least for me, a way to prepare…

— Cindy Sherman

I can be fearlessly strong at times to protect an inner frailty.

— Cindy Sherman