Sam Taylor-Wood Quotes

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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.

  Sam Taylor-Wood

  Opportunity, Hands, Two

  "This much I know" by Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2009.

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

  Sam Taylor-Wood

  Art, Way, Possibility

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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.

  Sam Taylor-Wood

  Body, Want, Moments

  "When Sam Taylor-Wood met Yoko Ono". Interview with Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2012.

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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".

  Sam Taylor-Wood

  Thinking, Done, Sometimes

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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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  Want

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

  Sam Taylor-Wood

  Cancer, Years, Lost

  "Why Is Sam Taylor-Wood Smiling?" by Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 23, 2010.

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• People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.

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  Love, Heart, Thinking

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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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  People, Opinion, Should

  "Why Is Sam Taylor-Wood Smiling?" by Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 23, 2010.

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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.

  Sam Taylor-Wood

  Artist, Psychosis, Two

  "There's something about Sam" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. November 27, 2009.

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

  Sam Taylor-Wood

  Jobs, Cancer, Missions

  "Why Is Sam Taylor-Wood Smiling?" by Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, www.harpersbazaar.com. March 23, 2010.

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

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  People, Decision, Made

  "Kick-Ass Actor's Fiancée Defends Their 24-Year Age Gap" by Tim Nudd, people.com. April 27, 2010.

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• My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to.

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  Emotion, Excited, My Favorite

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• Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the greatest actors of our age; he's like Olivier. He's one of those people who can take you into a place where no one else can take you.

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  People, Age, Actors

  "Films of my life: Sam Taylor-Wood" by Roger Clarke, www.theguardian.com. May 3, 2008.

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• I love life. I think it's fantastic. Sometimes it deals hard things, and when it deals great things, you have to seize them.

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  Love Life, Thinking, Sometimes

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• I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.

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  Pushing Boundaries, Rough, Mcqueen

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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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  Real, College, House

  "New Again: Sam Taylor-Johnson". Interview with David Furnish, Lauren Lieb, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 23, 2013.

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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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  Art, Morning, New York

  "When Sam Taylor-Wood met Yoko Ono". Interview With Kate Kellaway, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2012.

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• I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.

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  Distance, Thinking, Defining Moments

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

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  Children, Past, Perspective

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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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  Cancer, Unfair

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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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  Mother, Saws, Cry

  "Sam Taylor-Wood: Director of Nowhere Boy". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 8, 2010.

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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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  Black And White, Thinking, People

  "This much I know" by Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2009.

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• I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.

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  Thinking, People, Decision

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• Sorry, there's nothing like a screaming baby to make a mother twitch.

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  Mother, Baby, Sorry

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• I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life I'd be Loretta Lynn.

  Sam Taylor-Wood

  Country, Karaoke, Another Life

  "This much I know". Interview with Stuart Husband, www.theguardian.com. February 7, 2009.

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