Taxidermy Quotes

• Political science without biography is a form of taxidermy.

  Harold Lasswell

  Science, Political, Biographies

  Harold D. Lasswell (1986). “Psychopathology and Politics”, p.8, University of Chicago Press

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• I can see today that the same sort of issues lie behind taxidermy and photography. Taxidermy consists in preserving a bird in full flight... In the same way, photography halts and freezes motion and life.

  Annette Messager

  Photography, Lying, Issues

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• To approach a city, or even a city neighborhood, as if it were a larger architectural problem, capable of being given order by converting it into a disciplined work of art, is to make the mistake of attempting to substitute art for life. The results of such profound confusion between art and life are neither life nor art. They are taxidermy.

  Jane Jacobs

  Art, Mistake, Order

  Jane Jacobs (2016). “The Death and Life of Great American Cities”, p.373, Vintage

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• I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it's such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother is attractive, but I have photographs of her.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Funny, Beautiful, Mom

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I find people interesting. People trying hard are interesting. People with a passion are interesting - whether its old cars or taxidermy or knitting.

  Clare Balding

  Passion, Knitting, Car

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• [My work] includes something about death, and about love, because the photos always have something to do with death. The photograph is like taxidermy. It is like the animals I use. They are posed in order to appear to be alive, but they are dead. Their time has passed. The photos have to do with time and loss, and conclusion.

  Annette Messager

  Loss, Animal, Love Is

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• I love prints of skulls and bones and have some taxidermy - a crow and a rabbit - to remind me of home. I like art and have a big portrait of Bjork.

  Ellie Goulding

  Art, Home, Skulls

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I would never understand photography, the sneaky, murderous taxidermy of it.

  Lorrie Moore

  Photography, Sneaky

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• I've started collecting taxidermy: I've got a red squirrel, called Steve. I made sure he came with certificates so we know he wasn't just killed for stuffing.

  Arthur Darvill

  Squirrels, Red, Certificates

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I feel like having an actual taxidermy-ed mammal would get gross, like its hair would get dirty and stuff.

  Nick Antosca

  Dirty, Hair, Mammals

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Well, I had a wolverine. It was supposed to be a cat, but Jason (Patric) is allergic to cats. I can't remember where I got it. Some back alley taxidermy, maybe? But I think I got it at The Bay taxidermy department. Downtown Winnipeg. Next to the tumbleweeds.

  Guy Maddin

  Cat, Thinking, Back Alleys

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• You'd been petting a stuffed dog?' she said 'A dead one?' 'It was a really well stuffed dog' I clarified. 'I have seen some bad taxidermy. This was top-notch work. It would have fooled anyone.

  Maureen Johnson

  Dog, Said, Notches

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• My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.

  Florence Welch

  Couple, Cutting, Bird

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• In the studio we use a pretty wide range of materials for the sculptures; silicone, fibreglass, human and animal hair, ABS plastic, dental acrylic, traditional and high-tech plasters, stainless steel, automotive paint, plywood, Britannia metal, found objects and taxidermy animals.

  Patricia Piccinini

  Animal, Hair, Found Objects

  The Condition report Interview, www.patriciapiccinini.net. 2014.

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• I have taxidermy pets that are very close to me. I have a little lizard with a head that comes on and off that I call Nicolas Cage because his face is long. And I have a big diamondback rattlesnake called Rufus, and I have some rats in jars and stuff.

  Mackenzie Davis

  Long, Pet, Faces

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I hate it. I hate taxidermy shops and all that crap.

  Michael Jackson

  Hate, Shops, Crap

  Interview with Bob Colacello, Andy Warhol, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 31, 2011.

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