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
Seriously, I wanted to be an artist because I saw that it meant endless possibilities. I came from a badly managed family background, so art was a way of reinventing myself. Sam Taylor-Wood artartistbackground Change image and share on social
My work is made on lines similar to those of a film production. A lot of my work is kind of bureaucratic, endlessly phoning up people, trying to find the cameraman and the lighting man, because I am a total technology-phobe, quite helpless with equipment. Sam Taylor-Wood bureaucraticcameramanendlessly share on social
I hate rats. I had a pet rat to try and overcome it. I even gave him mouth-to mouth resuscitation when he had a heart attack. But I couldn't conquer it. Sam Taylor-Wood attackconquergive Change image and share on social
Sorry, there's nothing like a screaming baby to make a mother twitch. Sam Taylor-Wood babymakemother Change image and share on social
I never thought of having cancer as something that was unfair. I just braced myself and tried to get through it. Sam Taylor-Wood bracecancerthink Change image and share on social
I felt giving birth was the most creative act of all my creative acts - literally creation! Sam Taylor-Wood actbirthcreation Change image and share on social
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. Sam Taylor-Wood cancerchannelcore Change image and share on social
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. Sam Taylor-Wood artartistfelt share on social
