I am an illusionist - that's why I create art. Marilyn Minter More Quotes by Marilyn Minter More Quotes From Marilyn Minter When Photoshop came around, I thought I'd died and went to heaven. When I hear artists say, 'Oh, the good old days' or 'I'm old school,' I just want to puke. There's no tool I won't use. Marilyn Minter good good-old-days heaven school Feminism is the best movement that's happened in the 21st century, and it benefits everyone. Marilyn Minter everyone best feminism happened I really believe that women run the art world. Marilyn Minter women believe world art My work is about the world I live in. So, I sort of make a picture of my life or our lives. I'm always looking for something that is overlooked, so I need to constantly be aware of what's going on. Marilyn Minter my-life work life world All my work is about how it feels to look. Marilyn Minter about how look work I take things that already exist and just push them. Marilyn Minter push just things take I think there's still this huge glass ceiling for women owning sexuality. And especially young women. If you're an old lady like me, I can do anything now. Marilyn Minter think me you women Planned Parenthood is being mentioned by the Republican Party more than ISIS. I think Trump is insane. I don't think you could have a normal conversation or even convince him. I think the ego is just about Trump. It's not about the issues at all. Marilyn Minter think you ego conversation I still don't feel like I've made it. I can't imagine ever feeling like I've made it. Marilyn Minter feel feeling like imagine I love the idea of making images of the parts of the body that we all have but that no one pays attention to, like the soft area underneath your nose. Marilyn Minter your body attention love I like working with women who own their own power. Marilyn Minter own like women power We can't shame women for trying to be beautiful. That's so mean and unfair. But there's a part of me that thinks it's really sad, too. It's very complicated. Marilyn Minter me women sad beautiful I think I might be hitting the zeitgeist. All around you, you're looking at beautiful people that have been turned into robots. Maybe the eye is craving a little upper lip fur. Marilyn Minter looking you beautiful people When I see an artist whose work I like at a party - I'm old now, so I can do this - I go right over and tell them how much I like their work. Instantly, I'm on their side. The act of saying it takes away the competition. The act of saying it makes me not hate them anymore, because they're good. Marilyn Minter good me hate work I feed off the fashion world like a parasite. Marilyn Minter feed like fashion world Success can be destructive to the creative process. I say it all the time: success is as dangerous as total failure. Marilyn Minter failure creative success time People of my generation are used to collecting the heroic boys. And they're used to paying a lot of money for heroic boys. I don't make a third of what a guy would make. Marilyn Minter generation guy money people The thrill of a photo-realist painter is if you get really close to the painting, it looks just like a photograph. Whereas in my case, if you get close to my paintings, they totally fall apart - so I'm about as far from a photo-realist as it gets. Marilyn Minter you painting looks fall I always knew I had something to say even when nobody else wanted to listen. Marilyn Minter listen nobody say always I sort of feel like if you're slightly marginalized, you're hungrier, and you can take more risks and be more playful. Marilyn Minter risks feel like you
