Author: Petra Collins

Quotes

There's definitely a romanticism of youth, like, everywhere. Specifically with women, they kind of only exist between the age of 15 to 25.

There's definitely a romanticism of youth, like, everywhere. Specifically with women, they kind of only exist between the age of 15 to 25.

- Petra Collins

My lens and my personality, it's just fluid. The art isn't just in one place.

My lens and my personality, it's just fluid. The art isn't just in one place.

- Petra Collins

Oh my God. Brian De Palma. I love him.

Oh my God. Brian De Palma. I love him.

- Petra Collins

My mind is changing all the time. I can't live in a space that has a fixed aesthetic. I just need a blank slate when I come home.

My mind is changing all the time. I can't live in a space that has a fixed aesthetic. I just need a blank slate when I come home.

- Petra Collins

Hashtag activism is a catalyst, but things have to actually happen in real life.

Hashtag activism is a catalyst, but things have to actually happen in real life.

- Petra Collins

For me, art doesn't stop at the gallery space.

For me, art doesn't stop at the gallery space.

- Petra Collins

I'm used to being told by society that I must regulate my body to fit the norm. I'm used to the fact that images of unaltered women are seen as unacceptable.

I'm used to being told by society that I must regulate my body to fit the norm. I'm used to the fact that images of unaltered women are seen as unacceptable.

- Petra Collins

I was depressed at a very young age - mental illness runs in my family, especially on the female side.

I was depressed at a very young age - mental illness runs in my family, especially on the female side.

- Petra Collins

My favorite place to go is Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. If you see it at sunrise and sunset, it's like you're on Mars.

My favorite place to go is Zabriskie Point in Death Valley. If you see it at sunrise and sunset, it's like you're on Mars.

- Petra Collins

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