Dolls Quote by Sheila Heti

“The New York Dolls were toweringly influential. They were way ahead of their time, although always reliably late at the hairdressers.”

— James Maker

Kate Moss was a big part of my absolute earliest memories of being affected by fashion and fashion images. I remember specifically the Calvin…

— Greta Lee

Adults, older girls, shops, magazines, newspapers, window signs—all the world had agreed that a blue-eyed, yellow-haired, pink-skinned doll was what every girl child treasured

— Toni Morrison

I was totally all about the American Girl dolls when I was little - I had so many.

— Jennifer Damiano

I did a picture for the First Barbie doll box.

— Heather O'Rourke

There were just moments of the punk scene and I realized that I had to capture it. There was also this photographer in our…

— Jeff Vespa

I was always the freaky Asian girl who drew these weird-looking Barbie dolls in class.

— Yaya Han

I took photos from 1976 to when I left in 1993, primarily for Interview and a column I had called "Bob Colacello's Out" which…

— Bob Colacello

Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult world around them. They would sit and…

— Ruth Handler

They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women.

— Ruth Handler

I don't remember having many dolls, but I remember my grandma bought me this giant coffee table book called 'The History of Barbie.' I…

— Sarah Sherman

“Her own dolls were either babies or storybook characters like Cinderella and Snow White who though past childhood were somehow not yet into the…

— Josephine Humphreys