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“My dad was such a bigot. He was a horrible, self-centred person. He was really racist and he'd talk about the Jews and blacks and Catholics even.”

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Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman is an American photographer renowned for her self-portrait series. Her work often involves female imagery, exploring themes of gender, identity, and media representation through carefully designed costumes, makeup, and settings. more

“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.”

World Way Looks Kind Ideas Seems Sides Realizing Challenges Opposites Distance Obvious Boring Pursue Typical Engaging Colorful Seductive

Author:Cindy Sherman

“I'm a painter. I'm still a painter and I will die a painter. Everything that I have developed has to do with extending visual principles off the canvas.”

Stills Dies Principles Painter Visuals Canvas Extending

Book:Carolee Schneemann: Within and Beyond the Premises

Source: Carolee Schneemann: Within and Beyond the Premises

“I wouldn’t want to be labelled unless it was something much broader and inclusive such as an ecological artist or a visionary artist, but there’s a constraint in the definition of a feminist artist, you’re an artist and you’re a feminist.”

Want Artist Definitions Feminist Constraints Visionaries Ecological

Author:Carolee Schneemann

“My visions of the future are always pretty much standard issue. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and there are flying cars.”

Poor Vision Issues Rich Car Standards Flying Get Rich Visions Of The Future Flying Cars

Book:Fray

Source: Fray

“People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else.”

People Thinking Littles Real Losing Real Power Never Fear

Author:Joss Whedon

“Beautiful revelations of power are often written by the guy who got kicked around and didn’t have any power.”

Beautiful Guy Written Revelations

Author:Joss Whedon

“The greatest expression of rebellion is joy.”

Joy Expression Rebellion

Author:Joss Whedon

“Never sit at a table you can’t walk away from.”

Walks Tables

Author:Joss Whedon

“Somebody once asked me if I have anything like faith, and I said I have faith in the narrative. I have a belief in a narrative that is bigger than me, that is alive and I trust will work itself out.”

Ifs Said Belief Alive Bigger Narrative Have Faith

Author:Joss Whedon

“If I find out I have to write today and nothing else, that’s a perfect day. I know a lot of people who are great at it and make it look easy who are tortured and miserable people. Writing for me is perfect peace.”

People Ifs Knows Writing Looks Today Easy Perfect Miserable Perfect Days Miserable People Perfect Peace

Author:Joss Whedon

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