Latest Cindy Sherman Quotes from Interviews

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• I'd never even thought about compromise when I worked in my studio. The major distinction is in the priority of who I ultimately wanted to please: myself or the audience.

  Cindy Sherman

  Priorities, Compromise, Audience

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• My message for people to not take anything for granted, to respect what they might not understand.

  Cindy Sherman

  People, Granted

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Being able to make a living doing something one truly loves to do - is my definition of success.

  Cindy Sherman

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I can be fearlessly strong at times to protect an inner frailty.

  Cindy Sherman

  Strong, Protect

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Early in my career, a critic said that I needed to "explain" the irony in my work, suggesting that I needed to add text next to the images to help people understand what I was trying to say. At first I was dismayed that I wasn't making work with a clear enough message. That's when I realized that that was the exact opposite of what I wanted to do - that I wasn't responsible for a misinterpretation of my work, that there should be some ambiguity to it. They either got it, or they didn't.

  Cindy Sherman

  Opposites, Careers, People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I don't think I can see the world through other people's eyes, but I can capture an attitude or a look that makes others think I can. I have an appreciation for why people choose to look the way they do. But I can't know what they experience.

  Cindy Sherman

  Appreciation, Attitude, Eye

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com