Cindy Quotes

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

  Cindy Sherman

  Promise, Stories, Photographer

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• One reason I was interested in photography was to get away from the preciousness of the art object.

  Cindy Sherman

  Photography, Art, Photographer

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• The work is what it is and hopefully it's seen as feminist work, or feminist-advised work, but I'm not going to go around espousing theoretical bullshit about feminist stuff.

  Cindy Sherman

  Feminist Art, Bullshit, Stuff

  "Studio: Cindy Sherman". Interview with Betsy Berne, www.tate.org.uk. June 1, 2003.

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• Watching your husband become a father is really sexy and wonderful.

  Cindy Crawford

  Sexy, Husband, Dad

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• I am always surprised at all the things people read into my photos, but it also amuse me. That may be because I have nothing specific in mind when I'm working. My intentions are neither feminist nor political. I try to put double or multiple meanings into my photos, which might give rise to a greater variety of interpretations.

  Cindy Sherman

  People, Giving, Feminist

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• I didn't think of what I was doing as political. To me it was a way to make the best out of what I liked to do privately, which was to dress up.

  Cindy Sherman

  Thinking, Political, Dresses

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• 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

  Thinking, People, World

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• If I knew what the picture was going to be like I wouldn’t make it. It was almost like it was made already – the challenge is more about trying to make what you can’t think of.

  Cindy Sherman

  Thinking, Challenges, Trying

  "Studio: Cindy Sherman". Interview with Betsy Berne, www.tate.org.uk. June 1, 2003.

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• I don't think makeup is rocket science or a cure for cancer.

  Cindy Crawford

  Cancer, Makeup, Thinking

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• The way I see it, as soon as I make a piece I’ve lost control of it.

  Cindy Sherman

  Pieces, Way, Photographer

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• Not that I believe you can have it all: I believe you can have it all, just not at the same time.

  Cindy Crawford

  Believe, Believe You Can, I Believe

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• I wasn't the most popular girl in school by any means.

  Cindy Crawford

  Girl, School, Mean

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• Having children really changes your priorities.

  Cindy Crawford

  Children, Priorities, Having Children

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• The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned.

  Cindy Crawford

  Age, Faces

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• When you are getting ready to become a mom, being in love with someone just isn't enough. You need to think about whether he would be a good parent and raise your children with similar beliefs.

  Cindy Crawford

  Mom, Mother, Children

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• I didn't have any interest in traditional art.

  Cindy Sherman

  Art, Photographer, Interest

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• [My work is] maybe about me maybe not wanting to be me and wanting to be all these other characters. Or at least try them on.

  Cindy Sherman

  Character, Trying

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• I didn't want to make 'high' art, I had no interest in using paint, I wanted to find something that anyone could relate to without knowing about contemporary art. I wasn't thinking in terms of precious prints or archival quality; I didn't want the work to seem like a commodity.

  Cindy Sherman

  Art, Thinking, Knowing

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• I wish more people knew Steve Howe the way I knew him. His struggles in life were well documented, but he always tried to fight through them and I will always respect that. My thoughts and prayers go out wife Cindy and his family.

  Brian Cashman

  Prayer, Struggle, Fighting

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• Ever notice Hulk Hogan ain't got no hair on his chest? The only one who's got hair on their chest on their team is Cindy Lauper.

  Roddy Piper

  Team, Wrestling, Hair

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• If you tell me, I will leave you alone," I said. "And if you don't tell me, I am going to grab the nearest ghostwritten James Patterson romance novel and I am going to follow you through this store reading it out loud until you relent. Would you prefer me to read from Daphne's Three Tender Months with Harold or Cindy and John's House of Everlasting Love? I guarantee, your sanity and your indie street cred won't last a chapter. And they are very, very short chapters." Now I could see the fright beneath the defiance.

  David Levithan

  Reading, House, Romance

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• Tomorrow we go back to normal?" "Sure," Mab said. "It'll be like none of this happened. Except I'll still be pregnant, and you'll still be making dragons, and Glenda will still be pretending that Dreamland is Cancun, and Weaver will still own the only green velvet demon in captivity. Other than that, perfectly normal." "I just meant no demons trying to kill us," Cindy said. "My baseline for normal is a lot lower than yours.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Dragons, Perfectly Normal, Trying

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• I'd crawl over broken glass for Elle MacPherson or Cindy Crawford.

  Jon Bon Jovi

  Glasses, Broken, Broken Glass

  "Jersey Devil". Interview With Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. February 9, 2006.

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• Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important.

  Chuck Close

  Artist, Thinking, Important

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• People like Marilyn Monroe, Cindy Crawford and Pamela Anderson have done Playboy, and look at their careers!

  Danielle O'Hara

  Careers, People, Looks

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