It's easy to attack an artist as misogynist, but that's really such a facile epithet. And if an artist is constantly worrying about how others will judge a work, it can end up being a block to investigating certain areas of human nature or certain truths about sexuality.
Lisa YuskavageI think it's really important as an artist not to be drawn to the haters, because there are so many people who are nice and quiet.
Lisa YuskavageA good film is always nourishing. It's not about it being hopeful or bleak; it's about how it touches you, how it moves or stirs you.
Lisa YuskavageI wanted to paint pictures of people. I thought, "Why bother doing anything else. Everything else is a waste of time. I want to tell stories about people and their feelings and emotions."
Lisa YuskavageI remember seeing a photograph of myself en pointe with my hand over my head and the other hand turned in under my breast curtseying. I took dance lessons at Miss Debbie's Dance Studio, and she put this picture of me in the storefront window. I was so unbelievably humiliated by the sight of myself.
Lisa Yuskavage