Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 11 January 2008
'My whole notion of truth has shifted. It keeps moving and I can't tie it down and this frightens me'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 04 January 2008
'On New Year's Day I watch the local dhow race. A few hundred miles away, the scene is death and destruction'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 28 December 2007
'I so much want a fresh beginning. This year I haven't made any resolutions. I've made rules'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 21 December 2007
'Sometimes at Christmas I don't open presents at all. I leave them wrapped up until February'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 07 December 2007
'I'm tired of being out of control. It's boring, which means I'm boring. Which means I'm bored with myself'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 30 November 2007
'I adore my unconditional friendships, the closeness and intensity that I build up with the people that I love'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 23 November 2007
'Apparently that's why I drink, to fend off all the emotions. Then, like a volcano, I erupt'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 16 November 2007
'Every line of pain has fallen off my face and for the first time in ages, I'm looking forward to the future'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 09 November 2007
'My work is really real and this is why it looks so good in LA'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 02 November 2007
'The Eminator is a mean machine. She stamps her feet and looks slightly sulky'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 26 October 2007
'I cannot believe that the body is capable of making such ugly, beautiful things'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 19 October 2007
It's time for me to leave. This time tomorrow I'll be sipping tea in New York with Louise Bourgeois'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 12 October 2007
'I went to Louise Bourgeois' show – there were big vaginal things that were frightening but amazing'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 05 October 2007
'If you're not careful you wake up one morning to find yourself, not awake but semi-comatose'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 28 September 2007
'I have a very big, full, blossomy breast that should be enough to take all matters of the heart'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 21 September 2007
'The black mass disguised itself as a sexy skinhead who made love to me and then stabbed me in my bed'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 14 September 2007
'I sang to Docket. Nothing made me more happy than when he responded with a giant:"Miaow"'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 07 September 2007
'Sexy moments can be conjured up by being on the edge of excitement. A warm feeling of wanting to share'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 31 August 2007
'I could never live in the country. It's a stupid fantasy. To start with, I'm petrified of trees'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 24 August 2007
'When Mat left me, I had no idea that the future could be such a wonderful place, full of surprises'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 17 August 2007
I fell off a boat once. All I can remember was being under the water thinking, 'This is cosy'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 10 August 2007
'Not sure why, but I find helicopters sexually arousing. Any excuse to get on one, and I'm there'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 03 August 2007
'I want to be afraid to go back to the studio the next day for fear of what I've done'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 27 July 2007
'It's 6.50am, I've had a mere half-hour's sleep, and I'm starting to have a panic attack'
Tracey Emin: My Life In A Column
Published: 20 July 2007
'I was so pleased to get Mum and Dad in the same room, even if it was a cathedral'
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