--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I fell upon Jenny Saville's work and…" description: "\"I fell upon Jenny Saville's work and loved these great big pieces she was painting, celebrating all things flesh and woman, and with great big Simone B..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/rachael-stirling-10478_artist_i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-lov_3843.jpg" --- # I fell upon Jenny Saville's work and loved these great big… ![“I fell upon Jenny Saville's work and loved these great big pieces she was painting, celebrating all things flesh and woman, and with great big Simone Beauvoir quotations written in mirror writing so you had to look at yourself in the pictures to read them.” quote by Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/rachael-stirling-10478_artist_i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-lov_3843.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/rachael-stirling-10478_artist_i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-lov_3843.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/rachael-stirling-10478_artist_i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-lov_3843.jpg) > “I fell upon Jenny Saville's work and loved these great big pieces she was painting, celebrating all things flesh and woman, and with great big Simone Beauvoir quotations written in mirror writing so you had to look at yourself in the pictures to read them.” [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Describes discovering Jenny Saville’s large, flesh‑celebrating paintings, which incorporate mirrored Simone de Beauvoir quotes that force viewers to confront themselves. **In simple terms:** Art forces self‑reflection. Key Takeaway Visuals and text together provoke introspection. Themes art criticism feminism self‑image Mood thoughtful introspective Type descriptive When to use this quote - gallery tours - art‑therapy sessions Key Concepts mirrored text as a device Practical Applications - use reflective text in visual projects Questions to Reflect On - What does the mirrored text reveal about perception? ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/) [Beauvoir Quotations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauvoir-quotations-283224/) [Big Pieces](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-pieces-283220/) [Great](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great/) [Look](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/look/) [Loved](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/loved/) [Mirror](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mirror/) [Painting Celebrating](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/painting-celebrating-283222/) [Saville Work](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/saville-work-283223/) [Simone Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/simone-beauvoir-283221/) [Work](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work/) [Work and love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/work-and-love/) ## Related quotes > [Even when I do really big pieces, I do them strips by strips - so you have to paste, you have to involve people.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jr/even-when-i-do-really-big-pieces-i-do-them-strips-by-strips-so-you/) [JR](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jr/) > [But the difference between the little pieces and the big pieces - I'm not actually sure which are the little pieces. With some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/but-the-difference-between-the-little-pieces-and-the-big-pieces-i-m/) [Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/) > [I don't know that I make a big distinction between the big pieces and the little pieces, because I don't experience them in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/i-don-t-know-that-i-make-a-big-distinction-between-the-big-pieces-and/) [Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/) > [There was a French activist and writer, Simone de Beauvoir, who said, 'You are not born woman. You become one' ... Words I live by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-jenner/there-was-a-french-activist-and-writer-simone-de-beauvoir-who-said/) [Bruce Jenner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-jenner/) > [“Life is about more than just maintaining oneself, it is about extending oneself. Otherwise living is only not dying - SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR (1908-1986)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lin-pardey/life-is-about-more-than-just-maintaining-oneself-it-is-about/) [Lin Pardey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lin-pardey/) > [“For a woman to be taken as seriously as a man she must be three times as effective. Happily, this is not difficult.--Simone de…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gale-martin/for-a-woman-to-be-taken-as-seriously-as-a-man-she-must-be-three-times/) [Gale Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gale-martin/) > [I am not a great French woman. George Sand, Marguerite Duras and Simone de Beauvoir are great French women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juliette-binoche/i-am-not-a-great-french-woman-george-sand-marguerite-duras-and-simone/) [Juliette Binoche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juliette-binoche/) > [ “\[ From a New York Times biography from May 27, 2010 entitled Introduction to Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Second Sex' \] Beauvoir herself was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-de-beauvoir/from-a-new-york-times-biography-from-may-27-2010-entitled/) [Simone de Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-de-beauvoir/) > [“Simone de Beauvoir believed adolescence is when girls realize that men have the power and that their only power comes from consenting to become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-pipher/simone-de-beauvoir-believed-adolescence-is-when-girls-realize-that/) [Mary Pipher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-pipher/) > [ I always remind myself that \[ Jean-Paul\] Sartre and \[Simone\] de Beauvoir didn't have children. And when you don't have children, it might be… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-always-remind-myself-that-jean-paul-sartre-and-simone-de-beauvoir/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) > [“One is not born a woman, one becomes one. —Simone de Beauvoir, A WOMAN’S JOURNAL”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-anderson/one-is-not-born-a-woman-one-becomes-one-simone-de-beauvoir-a-woman-s/) [Joan Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-anderson/) > [“But I’ve been reading A Very Easy Death, about Simone de Beauvoir’s mother dying of cancer – it’s just brilliant. It really helped me.’…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-garner/but-i-ve-been-reading-a-very-easy-death-about-simone-de-beauvoir-s/) [Helen Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-garner/) > [“Any historian knows...that possibilities and history are connected. It's not simply our hard work, but that we lived in circumstances in which prosperity wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-wallace/any-historian-knows-that-possibilities-and-history-are-connected-it-s/) [Mark Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-wallace/) > [I'm just not a guy that loves to eat. I love to work and love to work out. I think I go against all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herschel-walker/i-m-just-not-a-guy-that-loves-to-eat-i-love-to-work-and-love-to-work/) [Herschel Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herschel-walker/) > [We champion freedom - but Brexit will mean the next generation is less free to live, work and love across Europe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-swinson/we-champion-freedom-but-brexit-will-mean-the-next-generation-is-less/) [Jo Swinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-swinson/) ## More by Rachael Stirling > [I always like a character who makes me laugh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-always-like-a-character-who-makes-me-laugh/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [If you aren't hot in Hollywood, you feel like you're in Siberia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/if-you-aren-t-hot-in-hollywood-you-feel-like-you-re-in-siberia/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [I seem to be able to go from part to part without being recognised, which I like. When I was little, I resented it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-seem-to-be-able-to-go-from-part-to-part-without-being-recognised/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [I take pleasure in discovering resourcefulness inside me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-take-pleasure-in-discovering-resourcefulness-inside-me/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [I used to worry about the lack of roles for women over 40. But suddenly, everyone has realised it's interesting to have a drama…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-used-to-worry-about-the-lack-of-roles-for-women-over-40-but/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [My mum is still totally rocking it. She's appearing in 'Game of Thrones,' which is massively cool.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/my-mum-is-still-totally-rocking-it-she-s-appearing-in-game-of-thrones/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [I had been kind of quite porky and happy at boarding school and not self-conscious at all; then, suddenly, I found myself in auditions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-had-been-kind-of-quite-porky-and-happy-at-boarding-school-and-not/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [I was always drawn to standing up in front of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-was-always-drawn-to-standing-up-in-front-of-people/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [She was just Ma, and I didn't grow up in some kind of acting dynasty: Orson Welles didn't come round and give me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/she-was-just-ma-and-i-didn-t-grow-up-in-some-kind-of-acting-dynasty/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [In my bones, I feel like a Scot. I always have. My mum's from Doncaster, so whatever that is as a combination of Scotland…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/in-my-bones-i-feel-like-a-scot-i-always-have-my-mum-s-from-doncaster/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [I eat healthily, I do ballet and exercise, and I'm toned and tight, but I take up space, and I don't aspire to anorexia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-eat-healthily-i-do-ballet-and-exercise-and-i-m-toned-and-tight-but/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [The theatre always felt like home, and it does to this day. When I do screen acting, I miss telling a story from beginning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/the-theatre-always-felt-like-home-and-it-does-to-this-day-when-i-do/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [I have never met anybody who likes 'The Detectorists' that I don't like.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-have-never-met-anybody-who-likes-the-detectorists-that-i-don-t-like/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [If I'd been an actor in the 1940s, I would have been in fashion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/if-i-d-been-an-actor-in-the-1940s-i-would-have-been-in-fashion/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) > [I want to be around when I'm 60; I don't want to be some flash in the pan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-want-to-be-around-when-i-m-60-i-don-t-want-to-be-some-flash-in-the/) [Rachael Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) [Explore all 65 Rachael Stirling quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/) ## More Artist quotes > [One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-duchamp/one-is-a-painter-because-one-wants-so-called-freedom-one-doesn-t-want/) [Marcel Duchamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-duchamp/) > [True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/true-works-of-art-contain-their-own-theory-and-give-us-the/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-rose/i-think-most-artists-feel-like-they-re-outside-society-no-matter-how/) [Aaron Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-rose/) > [“People in coats and ties were milling around the Talley gallery, and on the wall were the minimally rendered still lifes by Giorgio Morandi,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-martin/people-in-coats-and-ties-were-milling-around-the-talley-gallery-and/) [Steve Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-martin/) > [The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-mead/the-prophet-who-fails-to-present-a-bearable-alternative-and-yet/) [Margaret Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-mead/) > [“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/so-really-continued-jacob-as-if-this-were-perfectly-normal-to-expound/) [Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/) > [“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taf-teh/there-are-two-options-in-art-either-to-adopt-philosophical-life-by/) [Taf Teh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taf-teh/) > [From as long as I can remember, I was always fond of drawing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-lucia/from-as-long-as-i-can-remember-i-was-always-fond-of-drawing/) [St. Lucia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-lucia/) > [I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-dragon/i-think-a-business-guy-is-different-from-an-artist-they-walk/) [G-Dragon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-dragon/) > [The sublime in art is the attempt to express the infinite without finding in the realm of phenomena any object which proves itself fitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/the-sublime-in-art-is-the-attempt-to-express-the-infinite-without/) [Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/) > [Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/art-isn-t-done-to-decorate-apartments-but-to-wage-war-against-the/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) > [Designers shouldn’t design for museums any more than mummies should die for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-caplan/designers-shouldn-t-design-for-museums-any-more-than-mummies-should/) [Ralph Caplan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-caplan/) > [I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-don-t-believe-in-competitions-between-artists-this-is-insane-who/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [I am not the avant-garde. I am the artist who comes after the advancing guard. I am more concerned with continuity of ideas and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathan-oliveira/i-am-not-the-avant-garde-i-am-the-artist-who-comes-after-the/) [Nathan Oliveira](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathan-oliveira/) > [I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-brownstein/i-am-a-horrible-visual-artist-i-can-t-fix-a-car-sew-knit-cook-etc/) [Carrie Brownstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-brownstein/) [Browse all 32,600 Artist quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I fell upon Jenny Saville's work and loved these great big pieces she was painting, celebrating all things flesh and woman, and with great big Simone Beauvoir quotations written in mirror writing so you had to look at yourself in the pictures to read them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rachael Stirling" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-loved-these-great-big-pieces-she/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Artist" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-loved-these-great-big-pieces-she/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/rachael-stirling-10478_artist_i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-lov_3843.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/rachael-stirling-10478_artist_i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-lov_3843.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ea/rachael-stirling-10478_artist_i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-lov_3843.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I fell upon Jenny Saville's work and loved these great big pieces she was painting, celebrating all things…” — Rachael Stirling", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Rachael Stirling", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachael-stirling/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "I fell upon Jenny Saville's work...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-loved-these-great-big-pieces-she/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachael-stirling/i-fell-upon-jenny-saville-s-work-and-loved-these-great-big-pieces-she/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```