Sam Taylor-Wood quotes

Sam Taylor-Wood is an English film director and visual artist, known for her emotionally charged photography and films. Her work often explores themes of human relationships and transformation. She has gained international recognition for directing movies such as "Nowhere Boy" and "Fifty Shades of Grey." Here are 33 of her quotes:

A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.

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I'm motivated every second by my work; it doesn't switch off. The pictures I make come from every blink of my lashes.

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I feel the art world in New York has a stronger following than Britain. If you go to a New York art district on a Saturday morning, it will be so busy with families and openings - art is much more ingrained in the culture.

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I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.

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Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.

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I'm interested in taking raw human emotions and then isolating them without any narrative structure. In order to achieve this, I try to break out of the narrative conventions that you'd see in a typical feature film.

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I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it.

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One of the few times I saw my mother cry was when Lennon died, and the other time was when Elvis died.

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Anonymity would be a fantastic umbrella. I don't like intrusion.

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Sometimes when you're looking at your own work, you can't really see, and it's only when you step back a little bit later that you think, 'Oh, that's completely in line with everything else I've done.'

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After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films.

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I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.

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I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.

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I have a massive phobia for schedules and calendars. I need people to tell me where I need to be. I can't bear to see it in black and white. I think it's a fear of being pinned down.

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I seize all opportunities with two hands. Everything that's happened to me has taught me to live in the moment as much as possible.

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I find that I put my body in my work when I am at a particularly difficult or joyous point because I want to feel that moment.

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I've always lived my life fearlessly, and what I want to do with my life, I do.

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I feel like I've lost 10 years of my life to cancer.

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In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.

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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.

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I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.

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I've made lots of big decisions in my life that have shocked people.

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