“In horror stories or in fairy tales, the fascination with the morbid is also, at least for me, a way to prepare for the unthinkable… That’s why it’s very important for me to show the artificiality of it all, because the real horrors of the world are unmatchable, and they’re too profound. It’s much easier to absorb – to be entertained by it, but also to let it affect you psychologically – if it’s done in a fake, humorous, artificial way.” IfsWorldWayImportantRealDoneStoriesShowsEasierHorrorHumorousProfoundTalesFakeFairyArtificialFairy TaleFascinationUnthinkableMorbidHorror StoriesArtificiality Author:Cindy Sherman
“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
“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 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.” PeopleWorldSeemsFallWonderStupidStupid Things 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
