Schneemann Quotes & Sayings

Prior to Schneemann, the female body in art was mute and functioned almost exclusively as a mirror of masculine desire. — Jan Avgikos

I assume the senses crave sources of maximum information, that the eye benefits by exercise, stretch, and expansion towards materials of complexity and substance, ... conditions which alert the total sensibility - cast it almost in stress - extend insight and response, the basic responsive range of empathetic-kinesthetic vitality. — Carolee Schneemann

I wouldn't want to be labelled unless it was something much broader and inclusive such as an ecological artist or a visionary artist, but there's a constraint in the definition of a feminist artist, you're an artist and you're a feminist. — Carolee Schneemann

I'm a painter. I'm still a painter and I will die a painter. Everything that I have developed has to do with extending visual principles off the canvas. — Carolee Schneemann

Drawing and masturbation were the first sacred experiences I remember. — Carolee Schneemann