I had to redo my last house after the pipes burst, and something was lost in the renovation. The soul of the old space was compromised. Cindy Sherman More Quotes by Cindy Sherman More Quotes From Cindy Sherman I’m really just using the mirror to summon something I don’t even know until I see it. Cindy Sherman mirrors photographer knows The way I see it, as soon as I make a piece I’ve lost control of it. Cindy Sherman pieces photographer way I think people are more apt to believe photographs, especially if it’s something fantastic. They’re willing to be more gullible. Sometimes they want fantasy. Even if they know it’s fake they can believe anything. People are accustomed to being told what to believe in. Cindy Sherman believe people thinking Some people have told me they remember the film that one of my images is derived from, but in fact I had no film in mind at all. Cindy Sherman mind facts people Dreamers are those who have achieved in love and life, because it is a dream that got them there. Cindy Sherman life-and-love dream love I'm good at using my face as a canvas… I'll see a photograph of a character and try to copy them on to my face. I think I'm really observant, and thinking how a person is put together, seeing them on the street and noticing subtle things about them that make them who they are. Cindy Sherman trying character thinking My message for people to not take anything for granted, to respect what they might not understand. Cindy Sherman granted people My ideas are not developed before I actually do the pieces. Cindy Sherman pieces photographer ideas People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still definitely that happening. I'm still really competitive when it comes to, I guess, the male painters and male artists. I still think that's really unfair. Cindy Sherman photography artist thinking I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and sometimes I've noticed something that I wasn't aware of, but I think, at this point, people read into my work out of habit. Or I'm just very, very smart. Cindy Sherman smart people thinking So many things suddenly made sense for the clowns, for the whole idea. I’d been going through a struggle, particularly after 9/11; I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to say. I still wanted the work to be the same kind of mixture – intense, with a nasty side or an ugly side, but also with a real pathos about the characters – and clowns have an underlying sense of sadness while they’re trying to cheer people up. Clowns are sad, but they’re also psychotically, hysterically happy. Cindy Sherman cheer real struggle I want[ed] to make a show of really big pictures, because you see male artists doing it all the time. It just seemed like such a big egotistical thing. I thought, 'I don't know that many women that really do that.... Damn it, I'm gonna do that-make this really big picture.' Cindy Sherman males artist want Believing in one’s own art becomes harder and harder when the public response grows fonder. Cindy Sherman photographer believe art I can be fearlessly strong at times to protect an inner frailty. Cindy Sherman protect strong The models have always been the least interesting thing about fashion. Cindy Sherman models fashion interesting I'd never even thought about compromise when I worked in my studio. The major distinction is in the priority of who I ultimately wanted to please: myself or the audience. Cindy Sherman audience priorities compromise I was supporting myself, but nothing like the guy painters, as I refer to them. I always resented that actually.. we were all getting the same amount of press, but they were going gangbusters with sales. Cindy Sherman amount painter guy I was feeling guilty in the beginning; it was frustrating to be successful when a lot of my friends weren't. Also, I was constantly being reminded of that by people in my family making jokes. Cindy Sherman successful feelings people I was meticulously copying other art and then I realized I could just use a camera and put my time into an idea instead. Cindy Sherman cameras ideas art I can't work without it [music]. And it has to be the right kind, because if it's not then I get into a bad mood. I work with a remote so that I can change CDs instantly if I need to. Cindy Sherman cds bad-mood needs
