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Polly Borland
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“Editorial work came easily to me, but it was always a means to an end – it consumed me, it interested me, but I still found it creatively restrictive,”
Polly Borland (born 1959) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rob Sharp, "Flights of fancy dress: Polly Borland's portraits marry the infantile and the fetishistic", The Independent, 17 March 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
“Much of my work is about love," she says. "I know that sounds naive, but it is about my relationship with people and their ability to trust me. I don't feel like I am manipulating people.”
Polly Borland (born 1959) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rob Sharp, "Flights of fancy dress: Polly Borland's portraits marry the infantile and the fetishistic", The Independent, 17 March 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
“The common link was that they all felt unloved as kids. I actually felt the whole thing wasn't that psychologically interesting. That's how it resonated with me. That's how they chose to rationalise it. I am a voyeur; at the same time I am willing to get stuck in too.”
Polly Borland (born 1959) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rob Sharp, "Flights of fancy dress: Polly Borland's portraits marry the infantile and the fetishistic", The Independent, 17 March 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
“I think that anyone who is working creatively is a bit like litmus paper," she concludes. "I soak up a lot of stuff. I am hyper-sensitive and along the way I lead quite a conventional life. Maybe I am not acting out that stuff because it's in my work. It comes from existential angst. I think life's difficult.”
Polly Borland (born 1959) first seen 2011 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rob Sharp, "Flights of fancy dress: Polly Borland's portraits marry the infantile and the fetishistic", The Independent, 17 March 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2025.