American - Artist | 1948 -
We can't shame women for trying to be beautiful. That's so mean and unfair. But there's a part of me that thinks it's really sad, too. It's very complicated.
Marilyn Minter
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I think I might be hitting the zeitgeist. All around you, you're looking at beautiful people that have been turned into robots. Maybe the eye is craving a little upper lip fur.
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When I see an artist whose work I like at a party - I'm old now, so I can do this - I go right over and tell them how much I like their work. Instantly, I'm on their side. The act of saying it takes away the competition. The act of saying it makes me not hate them anymore, because they're good.
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Success can be destructive to the creative process. I say it all the time: success is as dangerous as total failure.
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People of my generation are used to collecting the heroic boys. And they're used to paying a lot of money for heroic boys. I don't make a third of what a guy would make.
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The thrill of a photo-realist painter is if you get really close to the painting, it looks just like a photograph. Whereas in my case, if you get close to my paintings, they totally fall apart - so I'm about as far from a photo-realist as it gets.
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I always knew I had something to say even when nobody else wanted to listen.
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I sort of feel like if you're slightly marginalized, you're hungrier, and you can take more risks and be more playful.
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I really believe that women run the art world.
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I'm an animal-rights person, actually. Big time.
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I meditate. Just counting my breath. Before I do anything, really.
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I'm a voracious reader. I want information, all kinds - Internet, books, magazines.
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