Cindy Sherman quotes

Cindy Sherman is an American photographer and conceptual artist, widely known for her innovative self-portrait series. Her work explores issues of identity, gender, and representation through elaborate costumes and staged scenes. She continues to be a major influence on contemporary art and photography. Here are 14 of her quotes:

I feel I'm anonymous in my work. When I look at the pictures, I never see myself; they aren't self-portraits. Sometimes I disappear. (Cindy Sherman)

Inconsiderate, rude behavior drives me nuts. And I guess the inconsiderate rudeness of social ineptitude definitely fuels my work.

Cindy Sherman

Everyone thinks these are self-portraits but they aren't meant to be. I just use myself as a model because I know I can push myself to extremes, make each shot as ugly or goofy or silly as possible.

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.

Cindy Sherman

The still must tease with the promise of a story the viewer of it itches to be told.

Cindy Sherman

I'm really just using the mirror to summon something I don't even know until I see it.

Cindy Sherman

I don't analyze what I'm doing. I've read convincing interpretations of my work, and sometimes I've noticed something that I wasn't aware of, but I think, at this point, people read into my work out of habit. Or I'm just very, very smart.

Cindy Sherman

Every time you have to come up with a new body of work for a new show, you're aware that people are just ready to rip you apart, they're just waiting for you to fall or make the slightest trip up.

Cindy Sherman

I didn't have any interest in traditional art.

Cindy Sherman

I think people are more apt to believe photographs, especially if it's something fantastic. They're willing to be more gullible. Sometimes they want fantasy.

Cindy Sherman

I'll see a photograph of a character and try to copy them on to my face. I think I'm really observant, and thinking how a person is put together, seeing them on the street and noticing subtle things about them that make them who they are. (Cindy Sherman)

I think I always resented the fact that people thought I was trying to entertain them with my multifaceted, chameleonlike character changes. Although I liked doing that, I wasn't out to fool people and say 'Guess which one is me.'

Cindy Sherman

People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still definitely that happening. I'm still really competitive when it comes to, I guess, the male painters and male artists. I still think that's really unfair.

Cindy Sherman

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.

Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman

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Photo: New Zealand Government, Office of the Governor-General, CC BY 4.0

Occupation: American Photographer
Born: January 19, 1954
Quotes count: 14

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