The ballad of sexual dependency
A source page for quotes linked to Nan Goldin.
“The camera is as much a part of my everyday life as talking or eating or sex.”
“I don't even like photography at all. I'm just doing photography until I can do something better.”
“My life there[in New York] was almost entirely about gay men for 30 years.”
“No place could be less sympathetic to my politics than America.”
“I don't think of Maria Schneider like idol anymore, because I worshipped her when I was young.”
“I don't know if Yves St Laurent likes my work but Pierre Bergé does.”
“My life is more important. At this point in my life I'm alone. I don't think about it a lot.”
“I've been alone for about eight years and it doesn't bother me.”
“Each time I spend with Stella McCartney, I like her better. So I was excited to be asked by her.”
“I also photographed Maggie Cheung - but these didn't develop into a friendship either.”
“If I do continue to do fashion, I would want to radicalise it.”
“It's a hideous feeling to go round shopping and even feel like you are a freak.”
“I remember so many girls when I was growing up who hated the way they looked.”
“I won't show a picture where a person doesn't look beautiful.”