Sam Taylor
Sam Taylor
art london objects
I went to Goldsmith College of Art in London in the '80s and there I made sculptures, but the objects had nothing to do with how I was thinking. I was making beautifully sanded wooden boxes!
moved
I was living with my stepfather for a while, and then I moved out and went and lived on my own in Hastings-by-the-Sea from about 16.
interests journeys life particular
I think the whole of people's psychology and where they are in life interests me, and the decisions you make that take you on particular journeys to different places.
asks deeply genuinely interested looks personal
If someone looks genuinely interested and asks me a deeply personal question, I'll give the answer. I'm too open.
ahead believe follow leading process seen steps tend three truly understand until work
I always say, and I truly believe this, that my work is three steps ahead of me. I have an idea for something, and I tend to feel like it's leading me, and I'll follow the process through, and it's not until after I've seen it that I truly understand why I'm doing this.
almost cry
I almost never cry, and it's something I don't like about myself. I sometimes try and make myself cry. Sometimes, when I'm in pain, I say if I could just cry it would make it so much easier.
There are terrible things going on in the world, but I am not going to force them down everyone's throats.
worried
Today is the tomorrow I worried about yesterday.
bad boom quite stepfather
My stepfather was quite into opera, but he'd play it when he was in a bad mood, so you'd hear this boom through the floor, Wagner, and you'd feel nervous.
My mum told me once I was a Hindu.
mind taught
My mum has always been quite free-spirited, and she has taught me a lot. I think that is probably why I have the sort of mind that I do.
beatle exposed lennon mom playing quite
My parents were Beatle fans, but my mom was especially a Lennon fan, so I was exposed to him more. I remember her playing 'Double Fantasy' quite often.
art badly came endless family meant saw
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.
future learned life project question
I really have learned to live in the moment. I don't question things too much or try to project into the future. That's how life should be.