“Early in my career, a critic said that I needed to "explain" the irony in my work, suggesting that I needed to add text next to the images to help people understand what I was trying to say. At first I was dismayed that I wasn't making work with a clear enough message. That's when I realized that that was the exact opposite of what I wanted to do - that I wasn't responsible for a misinterpretation of my work, that there should be some ambiguity to it. They either got it, or they didn't.” PeopleShouldTryingFirstsSaidEnoughHelpingWantedNextCareersClearNeededMessagesOppositesResponsibleAddCriticsI RealizedIronyAmbiguitySuggestingDismayedMisinterpretation Author:Cindy Sherman
“I wanted to create something that people could relate to without having read a book about it beforehand.” PeopleArtBookWantedRelate Book:Cindy Sherman: photographic work 1975-1995 Source: Cindy Sherman: photographic work 1975-1995
“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
“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
