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All Quotes by author - Sam Taylor-Wood

" After I left college, I went to work at the Royal Opera House in London, which became a real catalyst for me because it made me realize that I was interested in cinema and in the way life is thrust at you. So I started making films. "

" Anonymity would be a fantastic umbrella. I don't like intrusion. "

" At school, I always felt the art room was the place where you could sit and talk. It was a place of solace. I wasn't the best artist at school by a long shot; it was more the understanding and the support that came from that room. "

" Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective. "

" I can be very self-destructive, but quietly. "

Self-Destructive

" I feel like I've lost 10 years of my life to cancer. "

" 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. "

" I felt giving birth was the most creative act of all my creative acts - literally creation! "

" 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. "

" I have a massive phobia for schedules and calendars. I need people to tell me where I need to be. I can't bear to see it in black and white. I think it's a fear of being pinned down. "

" I love life. I think it's fantastic. Sometimes it deals hard things, and when it deals great things, you have to seize them. "

" In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things. "

" I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two. "

" I really have learned to live in the moment. I don't question things too much or try to project into the future. That's how life should be. "

" I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want to see what you think is a good idea. And if you don't have that sense of ego, then the minute that idea goes into the world, self-doubt kicks in. "

" I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish. "

" I've made lots of big decisions in my life that have shocked people. "

" I've turned into one of those people who go jogging in parks that I used to hate. "

" I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself. "

" 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. "

" My childhood had its challenges, like everyone's. It imbued me with certain things and took away others. It made me very determined. "

" My mum has lived in Australia for 22 years now, and we have a rocky relationship. But at the same time it's one I want to maintain. I need her to be my mum. The relationship took a lot of rebuilding. "

" Never trust a hippie. That's definitely my motto. "

" Relationships can go wrong very simply, very quickly, and when you have children you become more aware of relationships around you. "

" Seeing a new play in a first-time production is so exciting - when it's good, you want to shout from the rooftops. "

" 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. "

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