“I just have a feeling of urgency that I want to make a picture of somebody. Probably because I’m very inspired by them or there is something I really want to know about or understand in them. So, fascination? Yes. Admiration? Yes. But also curiosity — I get fascinated by what people are doing and what they’re making and how it’s what I need at that moment.”
ELIZABETH PEYTON QUOTED IN: UWE-JENS SCHUMANN, “ELIZABETH PEYTON: ‘HISTORY IS CONTAINED WITHIN PEOPLE’”, THE TALKS, 15 AUGUST 2018 (ONLINE)