I’ve been playing hand-held video games since 1995. Its my way of training my brain. Marilyn Minter Read Quote
Brenda Starr is how I learned to draw. I copied her. I admired her. She had a career. Marilyn Minter Read Quote
I was there when they shut down the Pentagon; I’ve been going on protest marches my whole life… And now, this fight against controlling and policing women’s bodies feels like a war. Marilyn Minter Read Quote
The fashion world tells me how much they love my work, but they don’t hire me very often. Tom Ford did, and he hated it. Naturally, he wanted to Photoshop away the imperfections, which is perfectly understandable. They want their vision. Marilyn Minter Read Quote
I’ve always tried to be very seductive. I want the paintings to draw you in. But I don’t want to just glamour you. I want to make an image of the time we live in and reflect it back. Marilyn Minter Read Quote
I watched artists who blew up before me become parodies of themselves. I wasn’t listening to people when they told me that I had nothing to say, and I can’t listen to people now when they tell me I’m the bomb, even though I want to. Marilyn Minter Read Quote
If you really have something to say, sooner or later it will be heard. And if you’re lucky you’ll still be alive. Marilyn Minter Read Quote
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. Marilyn Minter Read Quote
My work is about the world I live in. So, I sort of make a picture of my life or our lives. I’m always looking for something that is overlooked, so I need to constantly be aware of what’s going on. Marilyn Minter Read Quote
