I knew from a very early age, that what I saw on tv had nothing to do with real life. So I wanted to make a record of real life. That included having…

- Nan Goldin

For me it is not a detachment to take a picture. It's a way of touching somebody - it's a caress… I think that you can actually give people access to…

- Nan Goldin

Yes, photography saved my life. Every time I go through something scary, traumatic, I survive by taking pictures.

- Nan Goldin

I always thought if I photographed anyone or anything enough, I would never lose the person, I would never lose the memory, I would never lose the pl…

- Nan Goldin

If I want to take a picture, I take it no matter what.

- Nan Goldin

The camera is as much a part of my everyday life as talking or eating or sex.

- Nan Goldin

My work is mostly about memory. It is very important to me that everybody that I have been close to in my life I make photographs of them.

- Nan Goldin

I'm very influenced by a lot of things, but my chief influence is my friends and what I see and what I feel and my own experiences and memory.

- Nan Goldin

I think the wrong things are kept private

- Nan Goldin