“I don't think I can see the world through other people's eyes, but I can capture an attitude or a look that makes others think I can. I have an appreciation for why people choose to look the way they do. But I can't know what they experience.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldWayLooksI CanEyeAttitudeAppreciationCapture Author:Cindy Sherman
“Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I can push myself to extremes, make each shot as ugly or goofy or silly as possible.” ThinkingKnowsI CanSelfUseModelsShotsPhotographerUglyExtremesSillyMeant To BePortraitsGoofySelf PortraitTwo ExtremesSelf Portrait Photography Author:Cindy Sherman
“I’m really just using the mirror to summon something I don’t even know until I see it.” KnowsMirrorsPhotographer Author:Cindy Sherman
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantBelieveSometimesFantasyWillingPhotographFantasticFakeAccustomedGullible Author:Cindy Sherman
“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.'” KnowsWantShowsBigsArtistMalesDamnEgotisticalBig Picture Author:Cindy Sherman
