Catherine Yass Quotes

United Kingdom, Artist
1963

Catherine Yass is an English artist. Catherine Yass was born in 1963 in London, and lives and works in the UK. In 2002, Yass was nominated for the Turner prize.

The hardest thing is to make this little space for yourself where you can think and not get inundated with other stuff coming in.

Catherine Yass
- Space
- Stuff
- Littles
If an artist and a scientist have a common point, it is probably in the need for some kind of imaginative thinking to interpret the material they have.

Catherine Yass
- Kind
- Artist
- Profession

If you've got a deadline and you're an artist, you've just got to be on the case - nothing else can come in the way, or you won't make good work... the people around you just have to understand.

Catherine Yass
- People
- Way
- Artist
For each final photograph, I'll have shot loads of film. I suppose people don't see all that. But when someone looks at a piece of work, they know something has gone into it, even if they can't lay their finger on what it is.

Catherine Yass
- Film
- Photograph
- Fingers
Certainly, a gallery has to sell your work, so they'll be very frightened of you doing anything too different, and that can be difficult, but they can also recognize the need to change. Usually, if you just go and do it, and other people like it, it will still get recognized.

Catherine Yass
- Different
- Difficult