Cindy Sherman Quotes

I know some women are intimidated by makeup.

I was the biggest tomboy growing up. Now I love playing with a full face of makeup.

Being eye candy always was a short-term career, and here's the reason. The world finds young women more attractive than old women because youthfulness signals fertility.

I find that the older you get, the more helpful eyeliner is.

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor.

I love wearing makeup! It's just that if you choose not to wear it, that's OK. And if you choose to wear it, that's OK as well.

I don't know, so much of women's femininity is tied up with their hair.

Perfect isn't normal, nor is it interesting. I have no features without makeup. I am pale. I have blond lashes. You could just paint my face - it's like a blank canvas. It can be great for what I do.

Now that I have a daughter, I've been thinking about how I'll define beauty to her. I watched a video of Kendall when she was three, and she was putting on makeup. I don't know how I feel about that. But my daughter already watches me do it. When do you let them start wearing it? I don't know yet.

Don't wear excessive make-up as you grow older. Young women can wear whatever make-up they want, but if you are older, you will regret it.

On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.

I wear make-up, and it gets a little bit thicker every year.

I despise women wearing too much makeup. It hides their actual beauty.

When I was younger, I used to be very afraid of doing anything out there with my makeup because I felt like my hair was such a big, strong piece.

Sixties models knew nothing about skin care.

Makeup transforms me. I feel like I'm in disguise when I walk my dog without makeup on.

I'm very interested in makeup and fashion and beauty.

I believe that all women are pretty without makeup- but with the right makeup can be pretty powerful.

Vanity is becoming a nuisance, I can see why women give it up, eventually. But I'm not ready for that yet.

She that paints her Face, thinks of her Tail.

Women who feel naked without their lipstick are well over thirty.

I really have fun making up. I have a good face for making up, good bones. I do the shapings, then the eyes. Then I put on mascara and I do something else. Then I put on mascara again and do something else. Then I put on more mascara and my whole face is completely made up.

The common foible of women who have been handsome is to forget that they are no longer so.

I do think women are unfairly judged by their physical appearance, but I don’t think it had anything to do with being mixed-race. In my opinion, mixed-race people are the most beautiful.

Female beauties are as fickle in their faces as in their minds; though casualties should spare them, age brings in a necessity of decay.