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 wonder how it is that I’m fooling so many people, I’m doing one of the most stupid things in the world…and people seem to be falling for it. Cindy Sherman stupid people fall People are always trying to find the next groovy thing, and it hasn't gone back to painting... I'd like it to go back to painting. I'm sick of all this photography and video. There's so much of it, it's almost annoying. Cindy Sherman always-trying photography people Every time you have to come up with a new body of work for a new show, you're aware that people are just ready to rip you apart, they're just waiting for you to fall or make the slightest trip up. Cindy Sherman rip travel fall I think I always resented the fact that people thought I was trying to entertain them with my multifaceted, chameleonlike character changes. Although I liked doing that, I wasn't out to fool people and say 'Guess which one is me.' Cindy Sherman character people thinking I didn't have any interest in traditional art. Cindy Sherman interest photographer art My dad was such a bigot. He was a horrible, self-centred person. He was really racist and he'd talk about the Jews and blacks and Catholics even. Cindy Sherman catholic dad self When I do work, I get so much done in such a concentrated time that once I’m through a series, I’m so drained I don’t want to get near the camera. Cindy Sherman cameras done want I am fine, though it is hard to think of what kind of work to make at this point, other than decorative, escapist or abstract. I suppose I'll explore one or all of these things. Cindy Sherman exploration kind thinking I want there to be hints of narrative everywhere in the image so that people can make up their own stories about them. But I don't want to have my own narrative and force it on to them. Cindy Sherman own my-own want people People assume that a self-portrait is narcissistic and you're trying to reveal something about yourself: fantasies or autobiographical information. In fact, none of my work is about me or my private life. Cindy Sherman me you work life The more horrific works came out of a feeling that everyone accepted my stuff too easily. I was deliberately trying to be antagonistic towards collectors and critics. Cindy Sherman everyone more feeling trying I realised that in my last two bodies of work - the mural and the Chanel pieces - that I didn't use any make-up because I was changing the faces digitally, and I realised I missed make-up in a major way. Cindy Sherman last work two way Quite often, I will do something and think, 'Oh, no, she looks a little too much like me.' I have tried to learn not to be afraid of that when that happens. I am not trying to obliterate myself and completely hide within the images like I used to. Cindy Sherman i-am myself think me I always need to get away from whatever it is I've just finished, to feel a distance from it. Cindy Sherman need feel always distance It is not like adding wrinkles to look older; it is using the wrinkles I already have to say something else. What is disturbing is not seeing more lines on my face but seeing that the range of possibilities of what I can do is much more limited. Cindy Sherman face look wrinkles i-can I have had a lifelong fascination with horror movies, scary movies, how they work. Cindy Sherman movies how horror work As I was looking through a book about German Expressionist films and their stars, it all came together because of the extreme way actors made their faces up in those early day of film in order to pop out in the black-and-white. I just wanted to use makeup in the same way, partly perhaps because as women get older, they're told to wear less makeup. Cindy Sherman day women stars together I wanted pretty pictures of older women - women who are trying too hard but succeeding - pulling off an extreme look. What I didn't know would creep into the portraits was a vulnerability behind the strong facade that most of them wear. Cindy Sherman pictures look women strong
