Tracey Emin

"I sew simply because I sew and I am actually quite good at it. It's not like I'm trying to come up with some grand female statement. I like the humbleness of sewing. And I can tell my mood by my stitches. At the moment I am pretty manic and I tend to do them really tight, sort of twisted. But it is definitely good for me to sew rather than to go around hitting people. So you might think it is domestic but I actually think it is something that you get in mental institutions."

Citaat van Tracey Emin uit een interview met Mark Gisbourne voor 'contemporary visual arts' (issue 20, 1998).