English - Director | March 4, 1967 -
Money scares me, and it always has done. I've got a childish concept of money, and I like to keep it that way in the sense that I don't like to think about it.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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When you're no longer ill, and everyone's gotten over the fact that you've had cancer, that core of steel doesn't go away, and then I had to find other channels for it.
YouFindGoSteelOverChannels
Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you.
ChildrenYouWrongGoRelationships
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 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.
MorningArtCultureNew YorkWorld
I felt giving birth was the most creative act of all my creative acts - literally creation!
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My childhood had its challenges, like everyone's. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined.
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I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.
ArtMyselfPossibilitiesArtistWay
I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it.
MyselfThoughtUnfairNeverCancer
I always say, and I truly believe this, that my work is three steps ahead of me. I have an idea for something and I tend to feel like it's leading me and I'll follow the process through, and it's not until after I've seen it that I truly understand why I'm doing this.
WorkMeBelieveProcessFeelDoing
I've been through plenty in my life where I've really had to focus on the day ahead... because, as I know, the future is, you know, whatever the future is... Once you've stared mortality that hard in the face, you really seize the day.
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I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.
WomenPeopleThinkDecisionsBig
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