“We're all products of what we want to project to the world. Even people who don't spend any time, or think they don't, on preparing themselves for the world out there - I think that ultimately they have for their whole lives groomed themselves to be a certain way, to present a face to the world.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayWantWholeFacesCertainProductsProjectsPhotographerWhole LifePreparingCindy Author:Cindy Sherman
“I didn't want to make 'high' art, I had no interest in using paint, I wanted to find something that anyone could relate to without knowing about contemporary art. I wasn't thinking in terms of precious prints or archival quality; I didn't want the work to seem like a commodity.” ThinkingWantArtSeemsWantedTermInterestQualityKnowingPaintPhotographerContemporaryRelatePrintCommodityContemporary ArtCindyHigh Art Author:Cindy Sherman
“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.” WantDoneCamerasSeriesDrained 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
