“My ideas are not developed before I actually do the pieces.” IdeasPiecesPhotographer Author:Cindy Sherman
“I was meticulously copying other art and then I realized I could just use a camera and put my time into an idea instead.” ArtIdeasUseCamerasI RealizedMy TimeCopying Author:Cindy Sherman
“I like making images that from a distance seem kind of seductive, colorful, luscious and engaging, and then you realize what you're looking at is something totally opposite. It seems boring to me to pursue the typical idea of beauty, because that is the easiest and the most obvious way to see the world. It's more challenging to look at the other side.” WorldWayLooksKindIdeasSeemsSidesRealizingChallengesOppositesDistanceObviousBoringPursueTypicalEngagingColorfulSeductive Author:Cindy Sherman
“Nowadays, with digital printing, it's so easy to make everything perfect, which is not always a good idea. Sometimes the mistakes are really what make a piece.” ArtIdeasSometimesEasyPerfectMistakePiecesPhotographyPerfectionMaking MistakesDigitalImperfectionGood IdeasPrinting Author:Cindy Sherman
“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.” PeopleTryingKindMadeStillsIdeasRealWholeCharacterWantedSidesStruggleSadnessFiguresUglyIntenseCheerNastyClownMixturesPathos Author:Cindy Sherman
