I'm the lightest sleeper. I can hear a pin drop. It's been worse since I was ill. I think your inner ear is always half open, listening out for the faintest danger sign. Sam Taylor-Wood badlydangerdrop Change image and share on social
If someone looks genuinely interested and asks me a deeply personal question, I'll give the answer. I'm too open. Sam Taylor-Wood answeraskdeeply Change image and share on social
I went out of my way to try not to be an artist, because I thought I would end up leading a miserable, obscure life. I tried to escape it for as long as I could, until I had to admit at 25 that that was my path. Sam Taylor-Wood admitartistend share on social
When I had cancer - of the colon first, followed by breast cancer and a mastectomy - my motto used to be 'Drips by day, Prada by night.' I felt that I had to grasp it in the same way as you'd take on any challenge. Sam Taylor-Wood breastcancerchallenge share on social
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-Wood childishconcepthave Change image and share on social
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. Sam Taylor-Wood bodydifficultfeel Change image and share on social
I feel lucky to be getting older. The fact that I made it to 30 and then 40 was big enough. So I can't get too down on getting older; otherwise, it kind of undoes everything I've fought for. Sam Taylor-Wood bigfactfeel Change image and share on social
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. Sam Taylor-Wood catalystcinemacollege share on social
I'm interested in taking raw human emotions and then isolating them without any narrative structure. In order to achieve this, I try to break out of the narrative conventions that you'd see in a typical feature film. Sam Taylor-Wood achievebreakconvention share on social
