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Tracey Emin

Tracey Emin

English Artist

Born: Jul 3, 1963

Life Me My Life People Work You

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I know I'm supposed to say ageing doesn't bother me, then suddenly you're like, 'Yeah, I care about it, I really worry about it. I'm getting old. I'm old!' Tracey Emin

Me You Old Care Getting Old Worry Say About Bother Like Supposed Know Yeah Getting Ageing Then Really Suddenly

I'm not trying to find another thing that's wrong with me, but I'm such a nice person, and I have a couple of drinks and I'm really good fun and then I'm really not fun. Tracey Emin

Good Me Nice Find Drinks Wrong Couple Another Person Trying Then Really Fun Nice Person Thing Good Fun

Maybe I don't believe things myself, as well. Truth is such a transient thing. Tracey Emin

Truth Myself Truth Is Believe Well Maybe Transient Thing Things

I am fiercely independent and I probably wouldn't be if it wasn't for the way in which I was brought up. Tracey Emin

Way Independent Brought Am Up Which Fiercely

I have hardly any friends who aren't gay. Tracey Emin

Gay Friends Any Who Hardly

I've been slagged off completely by the art world. Tracey Emin

Art World Been Off Art World

If I didn't want to work for a couple of years, I wouldn't have to-it's a great feeling, to know I'm doing it because I want to do it. Tracey Emin

Work Great Feeling Great Feeling Know Couple Because Doing Years Want

One thing that success has taught me is censorship. Tracey Emin

Success Me Censorship One Thing Taught Thing

People try constantly to use me, and I hate it. Tracey Emin

Me Hate People Try Constantly Use

I've got to start using my brain more - I've got to be more ethereal and more enlightened. Tracey Emin

More Got Brain Using Start Enlightened

I'd make a good friend, not mother. I'm too selfish. I think a lot of mothers are selfish and they end up having children, but I don't want to put some small tiny person through that. Tracey Emin

There's different kinds of love, and I'd never experienced that kind of totally platonic love. All the love I've experienced has always been a kind of deal, and now, as I get older, I realise that there's this other love out there. Tracey Emin

Love Different Kinds Older Other Out Kind Kinds Totally Never Deal Always Been Get Different Experienced Realise Now Platonic

When you don't have children you have to define and make your own purpose, and make your own reason for being here. Tracey Emin

You Own Define Purpose Make Being Children Your Reason Here

I'd like to think I inspire young people to be creative. Tracey Emin

Creative People Inspire Young Think Like Young People

I've been making bronze sculptures for a long time. My sculptures are wholly unsuccessful and uncommercial. No one is even the remotest bit interested in them. So it's almost like my hobby. Tracey Emin

Time Long Long Time Bit Bronze No-One Almost Unsuccessful Like Making Been Hobby Interested Them Sculptures Even Wholly

In New York, working at the foundry, I was making these little figures. I desperately would like to make big figures, but I just can't do it; my hands don't do it. We were talking about making bronze plinths, and then we made one, a square one. I wrote on it, then I put a little figure on top, and it just looked really good. It worked. Tracey Emin

Good Made Big Desperately Top Bronze Would About Put New Like Looked Wrote Make Talking Making Were Square Hands York Just New York Little Then Worked Really Working Figure Figures

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