Alison Jackson Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I think privacy is important, and it's important you don't bore people with your own boring self.”

“A lot of people who look at my photographs think it is an easy joke, but it does take a bit of thinking about.”

“Career-wise, I feel very lucky to have always been able to follow my creative path.”

“You can't rely on your own perception when it comes to anything. You can always be proved wrong.”

“Among other things, I use a Samsung mobile phone, a very bad quality video camera, and an old Olympus with extremely bad Sigma lenses.”

“I am very pro-royal. Britain without them would be a sadder place.”

“I am fascinated by the Royal Family because they are shrouded in mystique, and the Queen, and to a certain extent William, represent fabulous blank canvases. I find the Prince of Wales less fascinating because he spills the beans and we know too much about him.”

“I'm a contemporary artist and I show in art galleries and museums. I show a number of photographs and films, but I also make television programs, books and some appetizing, all with the same concept.”

“I'm not satirical in a traditional way. What I do is more about creating caricatures and cartoons. I am commentating on the nature of how we live through photography, and how you can twist an angle to create a different perception of a person.”

“Celebrities do look different in real life from our images of them - there is a big gap. And that is what my work is about: the gap between the image and the celebrity themselves.”