I was intrigued by Mike Kelley’s work. I saw his show of stuffed animal sculptures and stuffed animal paintings. He would decoupage bureau drawers with eyes and mouths. I thought, “Wow! If a woman artist made this work, nobody would pay any attention to it.” It was really mining a teenage or adolescent girl’s bedroom. And he was this California intellectual—it was just so brilliant. But a woman artist wouldn’t touch that with a 10-foot pole because they would lose credibility.

— Marilyn Minter interviewed by Lilly Slezak, March 29, 2011, ART IN AMERICA