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I like Stella [McCartney] a lot - she's a very open and warm person. I don't particularly want to know about her background.

Nan Goldin

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Nan Goldin
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 12
Photographer
Printmaker
Washington
District of Columbia
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I never thought heroin was very chic.
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I knew from a very early age, that what I saw on tv had nothing to do with real life. So I wanted to make a record of real life. That included having a camera with me at all times.
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I had said that when the first Bush got elected that I would leave the country. And when the second Bush wasn't even elected properly.
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If I say something honestly, generally, I am being completely honest and don't tell me I am lying. It drives me crazy to be told I set up my pictures. How does it benefit me to lie? I guess they are afraid to believe it and are afraid to look at it.
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American magazines are becoming very patriotic beyond belief to the point that I can't live there any more.
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If I do continue to do fashion, I would want to radicalise it.
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The thing that drives me most crazy in the world is not to be believed.
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I don't think of Maria Schneider like idol anymore, because I worshipped her when I was young.
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One of my assistants, a British man, says I should find a platform for [cosmetic industry]. Meanwhile I wear make-up.
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It's a hideous feeling to go round shopping and even feel like you are a freak.
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I know somewhat about Kate [Moss who featured in the Vogue spread]. I always thought that Kate's look had come from my old friend Siobhan Liddell and some of her friends because they dressed like that about ten years ago. Unconsciously, and right after that, that whole look sort of came out.
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I don't even like photography at all. I'm just doing photography until I can do something better.
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I remember so many girls when I was growing up who hated the way they looked.
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I used to think that I could never lose anyone if I photographed them enough. In fact, my pictures show me how much I’ve lost.
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