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
I still don’t feel like I’ve made it. I can’t imagine ever feeling like I’ve made it. – Marilyn Minter
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
I always say, ‘Perfection is the flaw. It doesn’t exist.’ I saw something somewhere about ‘porcelain pores’ – you’re not even allowed to have pores anymore! – Marilyn Minter
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. – Marilyn Minter
I love the idea of making images of the parts of the body that we all have but that no one pays attention to, like the soft area underneath your nose. – Marilyn Minter
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
I think there’s still this huge glass ceiling for women owning sexuality. And especially young women. If you’re an old lady like me, I can do anything now. – Marilyn Minter
Success can be destructive to the creative process. I say it all the time: success is as dangerous as total failure. – Marilyn Minter
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
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. – Marilyn Minter
Planned Parenthood is being mentioned by the Republican Party more than ISIS. I think Trump is insane. I don’t think you could have a normal conversation or even convince him. I think the ego is just about Trump. It’s not about the issues at all. – Marilyn Minter
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. – Marilyn Minter
I sort of feel like if you’re slightly marginalized, you’re hungrier, and you can take more risks and be more playful. – Marilyn Minter
Feminism is the best movement that’s happened in the 21st century, and it benefits everyone. – Marilyn Minter
