Quotes from Carolee Schneemann

An older friend once told me, "Life didn't ask for your opinion," which I liked.

In the end, it's always a single person who makes change. But I do think we should try to send artists out into the world and not have them all stick together in the big cities.

Be stubborn and persist, and trust yourself on what you love. You have to trust what you love.

I don't even like the word 'relax'! If I have a partner and we make love a lot, then I'm in a very pure state of being.

It's a very difficult age when the forces of time want to destroy us and take us away. They're just snatching people like devils; death comes and grabs each of us.

Drawing and masturbation were the first sacred experiences I remember.