Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin, CBE, RA is an English contemporary artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. Emin produces work in a variety of media including drawing, painting, sculpture, film, photography, neon text and sewn appliqué. Once the "enfant terrible" of the Young British Artists in the 1980s, Tracey Emin is now a Royal Academician of the Royal Academy of Arts...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Artist
Date of Birth3 July 1963
sorry apology paper
I don't ask for an apology because it's only tomorrow's fish-and-chip paper.
soul needs
The soul will always do what it needs to do,
different kind platonic-love
Theres different kinds of love, and Id never experienced that kind of totally platonic love. All the love Ive experienced has always been a kind of deal, and now, as I get older, I realise that theres this other love out there.
couple years feelings
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
taught censorship one-thing
One thing that success has taught me is censorship
art desire mountain
Strolling on the plateau of life, desperate for the mountain, I never thought that I would get this far. It's only art that has carried me through, given me faith in my own existence. But now I am approaching a point in my life where I desire more...
determination thinking people
All the people in the late '80s and early '90s were really hell-bent on doing something for themselves, and they wouldn't take no for an answer. There was a lot of determination, and I was definitely part of that way of thinking.
exhibitions would-be my-one-and-only
I thought it would be my one and only exhibition, so I decided to call it My Major Retrospective
hate people trying
People try constantly to use me, and I hate it.
art creative energy
I'm a terrible cook, but if I could cook, I would see that in art as well, it's how much creative energy you put into something.
very-good ill feels-right
I feel physically ill if I don't make work, I don't create. I don't feel very good. I don't feel right, I feel wrong.
self america people
The people in Miami are so different from anywhere else I've been in America. They're so down to earth, really friendly, and quite self-effacing, with a good sense of humor. I'm not saying other parts of America don't have a sense of humor, but Miami maybe has to have a really good sense of humor for lots of different reasons, and it works. It works for me.
sleep my-own
I'm totally monogamous when I'm in a relationship, and when I'm not in a relationship, I don't sleep around. So when I'm not with someone, I'm really on my own.
thinking firsts married
I've never been married because, first of all, I don't think I've ever seriously been asked by anyone who I wanted to marry. And also I'm monogamous.