Words matter. These are the best Zoe Buckman Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I was obsessed with American hip-hop as a teenager.
I was a big hip hop girl, and still am, I listened to artists like Wu Tang, and K’Naan, but I was a particular fan of Biggie and Tupac.
Becoming a mother really put me in touch with not just my mortality but also my baby’s mortality. You spent nine months working on this thing, and it’s finally there, and the first thing you think about is, ‘I don’t want my child to die.’
One thing to remember is that human beings connect through vulnerability. That’s our core way of connecting.
People abandon you because they can’t handle the depth and complexity of your experience, and that is ultimately a gift. It shows you what is important, who is important, and who is really, truly in your corner.
My art should have a lightness and sweetness. Especially since it has heavy and triggering subject matters, I prefer to present it in a way that’s palatable and draws people in.
I’m hoping to raise a little consciousness and shine some light on the idea of responsibility.
I don’t like putting the female form behind glass or on a wall, further objectifying it as much as art does.
Well, I don’t like shooting in bathrooms. They’re small and cramped and you’ve got harsh surfaces and it’s difficult.
My mum, Jennie Buckman, was a north London Jew who, with my dad, proudly chose to raise me and my two brothers in Hackney.
For me, ‘Jewishness’ manifests within my humor, slang, cynicism, culinary tastes, and the spirit of generosity ingrained in me.
My work is always on display, and my life is always on display when I make my work.
It’s so difficult as a female artist to make actual money, in my experience.
I’m atypical in my personal life, my situation is not that of the average struggling artist, and so I feel like I have to work even harder to prove myself and let the work speak for itself. At the same time, I’m not prepared to hide who I truly am.
Tupac was actually pro-choice, which is fantastic. Of course, those moments in rap are few and far between.
I have this ridiculous idea that art should just be for everyone, and everyone should get to enjoy art and it shouldn’t be this exclusive thing.
I’m a Brit, so I come from a country where in the run-up to a general election, no one talks about abortion.
People will email me and text me if they’ve found an amazing loo. I’m like, ‘How was the food?’ They’ll say, ‘Fine, but you have to check out the loo.’
My journey with grief, with learning how to grow through it, rather than get over it, will be a lifelong one.
I attended the Women’s March on Washington with a group of artists, curators, and art-world professionals.
Boxing was really cathartic for me.
I want to reduce the stigma of the word ‘feminism.’ It’s not about eliminating and excluding. You can be yourself and still be a feminist.
I’m someone who lives with the work of artists I’ve been lucky enough to know or trade with.
The process of learning how to defend my body, how to own my space and take away space from other people, and getting me in touch with my masculine, testosterone-heavy side, from a personal development standpoint, it was really helpful to me – as well as releasing aggression and frustration.
I have been drawn to India since I was a kid.
