“They've forgotten about beds, and I understand, because once you set sail on a movie, you are out of touch with ordinary land. Movie-makers between movies seem like you and me; they go to parties, they shop, they swim. But they're just treading water, waiting for another injection, another ship to come take them away in film. And money has nothing to do with it.” ArtHollywoodCinemaFilmmaking Book:Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A. Source: Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
“You know, also I, you know, I was on those birth control pills and my breasts were like, they hurt... and, you know, it was like they blew up like. You know, they wouldn't fit into any of my dresses. I had to quit taking those birth control pills... This was like - I mean they were like, I thought they should be photographed really... So they were, for immortality. (On being photographed nude playing chess with Marcel Duchamp at Duchamp's 1963 retrospective at the Pasadena Museum of Art.)” KnowsShouldMeanArtHurtLike YouBirthFitDressesQuittingChessImmortalityBreastsMuseumsPillsBirth ControlPlaying ChessRetrospectiveBirth Control PillsPasadena Author:Eve Babitz
“I had thrown my body in for art... I had thrown myself into this game for art. You know, I was not a very good artist. But this was, like, one thing I could do. (On being photographed nude playing chess with Marcel Duchamp at Duchamp's 1963 retrospective at the Pasadena Museum of Art.)” KnowsArtBodyArtistGamesOne ThingVery GoodChessThrownMuseumsGood ArtGood ArtistPlaying ChessRetrospectivePasadena Author:Eve Babitz
“[Photographer Julian Wasser] had this great idea that I should play chess naked with Marcel Duchamp and it seem to be such a great idea that it was just like the best idea I'd ever heard in my life. It was like a great idea. I mean, it was - Not only was it vengeance, it was art, and it was, like, a great idea. And even if it didn't get any vengeance, it would still turn out okay with me because, you know, I would be sort of immortalized.” IfsKnowsShouldMeanArtStillsIdeasPlaySeemsWould BeTurnsHeardOkayPhotographerChessNakedVengeanceGreat Idea Author:Eve Babitz