I'm the same person, but it's a different suit.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes really good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin? ❞ est. 2017.

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“In private life, she was not in the least what her calumniators would have wished her to be. She was very quiet, had a great natural dignity, and was extremely intelligent. She was also exceedingly sensitive.” Dame Edith Sitwell

“There was no such person as Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was an invention of hers. A genius invention that she created, like an author creates a character. She understood photography, and she also understood what makes a great photograph. She related to it as if she were giving a performance. She gave more to the still camera than any actress- any woman- I’ve ever photographed.” Richard Avedon

“She went right down into her own persosnal experience for everything, reached down and pulled something out of herself that was unique and extraordinary. She had no techniques. It was all the truth, it was only Marilyn.” John Huston

“I found myself in the privileged position of photographing somebody who I had first thought had a gift for the camera, but who turned out had a genius for it. She had a naive quality, but she also had a great sense of showmanship and self-promotion. She was very clever. She was able to assess each photographer. Even if it was only an amateur with a box camera, she worked with the same diligence that she would have if she were working with a top professional. She would photograph ten pounds lighter which is against every rule in the book. The smile was brilliant. Her skin was translucent; white luminous. She was always sort of golden-looking, and because she had a down of just very fine golden hairs on her face, it trapped the light and caused an aureole to form, giving her a faint glow. It was extraordinary. I’ve never seen it before. It was nimbus, so that she looked almost angelic.” Eve Arnold

Marilyn would have been 91 today. I want to wish her all of the love in the world. Happy Birthday, Norma Jeane. You are so special. I love you. ♡ 

It was important to Marilyn to be remembered as she was, to be quoted correctly.

“Please don’t make me a joke. End the interview with what I believe. I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one. I want to be an artist, an actress with integrity.” Marilyn Monroe

1ˢᵗ of June, ¹⁹²⁶ - 5ᵗʰ of August, ¹⁹⁶² ∞

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Marilyn at the Los Angeles Press Ball, ₁₉₄₈.

Marilyn is wearing an outfit from Ladies of The Chorus ₍₁₉₄₈₎, she often borrowed clothing from the studio wardrobe.

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Norma Jeane photographed by Richard Whiteman, ₁₉₄₆.

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Marilyn being presented with a trophy and plaque, given to her by Lewis K. Gough for her morale boosting war efforts during her trip to Korea, ₁₉₅₄.

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Marilyn photographed by Bob Beerman, ₁₉₅₀.

“I think you’ve got to love people, all kinds of people, to be able to have an opinion about them that’s worth anything. The whole idea of judging people is crazy. We do what we have to do, and we pay for it.  We’re no better than we have to be. We can try to be better, and part of trying is not to condemn other people.”

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Photograph of Marilyn at John F. Kennedy’s Birthday Gala, ₁₉₆₂.

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Marilyn watches Frank Sinatra perform, accompanied by Elizabeth Taylor and Dean Martin at The Sands Hotel in Las Vegas, ₁₉₆₁.

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Marilyn Monroe photographed by Andre De Dienes in ₁₉₅₂.

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Marilyn photographed by Frank Powolny in ₁₉₅₃.

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“I’ve always worked hard for the sake of someday becoming a talented actress. I knew I would make it someday if only I kept at it, and worked hard without lowering my priniciples and pride in myself.”

“She knows the world, but this knowledge has not lowered her great and benevolent dignity, it’s darkness has not dimmed her goodness.”

“I want to be an artist, not an erotic freak. I don’t want to be sold to the public as a celluloid aphrodisical.”

(June, 1st, 1926 - August, 5th, 1962)

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Marilyn Monroe photographed by Bert Stern in ₁₉₆₂.

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Marilyn photgraphed by Milton Greene in April of ₁₉₅₆.

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Marilyn attends the premiere of The Seven Year Itch with Joe DiMaggio in New York on the 1st of June, ₁₉₅₅, which was also Marilyn’s 29th birthday.

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Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot (₁₉₅₉)

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Marilyn at a press conference in Mexico ₍₁₉₆₂₎

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Marilyn during her brief trip to Korea, ₁₉₅₄.

“It was cold and starting to snow. I was backstage in dungarees. Out front the show was on. I could hear music playing and a roar of voices trying to drown it out. An officer came backstage. He was excited. “You’ll have to go on ahead of schedule,” he said. “I don’t think we can hold them any longer. They’re throwing rocks on stage.”

The roar I’d been hearing was my name being yelled by the soldiers. I changed into my silk gown as quickly as I could. It had a low neckline and no sleeves. I felt worried all of a sudden about my material, not the Gershwin song but the others I was going to sing- ‘Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.’ It seemed like the wrong thing to say to soldiers in Korea, earning only soldiers’ pay. Then I remembered the dance I did after the song. It was a cute dance. I knew they would like it.”

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Norma Jeane ₍₁₉₄₀ˢ₎