--- title: "3 Leanne Shapton Quotes - Famous Illustrator (Swimming studies)" description: "Leanne Shapton in Mississauga, Ontario is a Canadian artist and graphic novelist, now living in New York City. She is the art editor for the New York Re..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-ray-simpson-59215.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Leanne Shapton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-ray-simpson-59215.jpg) # Leanne Shapton (1973) Illustrator Canada **3** quotes in **21** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Leanne Shapton is an illustrator from Canada, best known for *Swimming studies*. ## Quick Facts About Leanne Shapton Born June 25, 1973 Nationality Canada Profession Illustrator Notable works Swimming studies ## About Leanne Shapton Leanne Shapton in Mississauga, Ontario is a Canadian artist and graphic novelist, now living in New York City. She is the art editor for the New York Review of Books. Her second work, Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry, was optioned for a film slated to star Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman. The novel, which takes the form of an auction catalog, uses photographs and accompanying captions to chronicle the romance and subsequent breakup of a couple via the relationship's significant possessions or "artifacts". ## Awards & Honors William Hill Sports Book of the Year National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and Autobiography ## Quotes by Leanne Shapton > [“When I swim now, I step into the water as though absentmindedly touching a scar.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leanne-shapton/when-i-swim-now-i-step-into-the-water-as-though-absentmindedly/) Leanne Shapton [Scar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/scar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/leanne-shapton-76499_scar_when-i-swim-now-i-step-into-the-water-as_13268.png) > [I suppose everyone is looking for love, and we live in a culture where we have opportunities to fall in love far…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leanne-shapton/i-suppose-everyone-is-looking-for-love-and-we-live-in-a-culture-where/) Leanne Shapton [Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/leanne-shapton-76499_culture_i-suppose-everyone-is-looking-for-love-a_784394.png) > [The pictures achieve something rarely articulated about the metaphysical state of swimming: The body, immersed, feels amplified, heavier and lighter at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leanne-shapton/the-pictures-achieve-something-rarely-articulated-about-the/) Leanne Shapton [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fb/leanne-shapton-76499_achieve_the-pictures-achieve-something-rarely-ar_2791871.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leanne-shapton/#itemlist", "name": "Leanne Shapton Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“When I swim now, I step into the water as though absentmindedly touching a scar.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Leanne Shapton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leanne-shapton/when-i-swim-now-i-step-into-the-water-as-though-absentmindedly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/leanne-shapton-76499_scar_when-i-swim-now-i-step-into-the-water-as_13268.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/leanne-shapton-76499_scar_when-i-swim-now-i-step-into-the-water-as_13268.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/951/leanne-shapton-76499_scar_when-i-swim-now-i-step-into-the-water-as_13268.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I swim now, I step into the water as though absentmindedly touching a scar.” — Leanne Shapton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I suppose everyone is looking for love, and we live in a culture where we have opportunities to fall in love far more than once. 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