"If I knew what the picture was going……" — Cindy Sherman
"If I knew what the picture was going to be like I wouldn’t make it. It was almost like it was made already.. the challenge is more about trying to make what you can’t think of."
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37 Quotes by Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman has 37 quotes on this site.
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Every time you have to come up with a new body of work for a new show, you're aware that…
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I wanted to create something that people could relate to without having read a book about it beforehand.
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Dreamers are those who have achieved in love and life, because it is a dream that got them there.
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People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting…
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I didn't want to make 'high' art, I had no interest in using paint, I wanted to find something that…
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The work is what it is and hopefully it's seen as feminist work, or feminist-advised work, but I'm not going…
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I'm good at using my face as a canvas… I'll see a photograph of a character and try to copy…
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I feel I'm anonymous in my work. When I look at the pictures, I never see myself; they aren't self-portraits.…
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Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I…
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I am always surprised at all the things people read into my photos, but it also amuse me. That may…
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I didn't think of what I was doing as political. To me it was a way to make the best…
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I’m really just using the mirror to summon something I don't even know until I see it.
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