Some people think or expect that you should make the same kinds of art forever because it creates a convenient narrative... I want my work to embody my inherent contradictions.
Making art is a lot about just seeing what happens if you put some energy into something. - Kiki Smith
Making art is a lot about just seeing what happens if you put some energy into something.
- Kiki Smith
I like that feeling when you’re making art, that you’re taking the energy out of your body and putting it into a physical object. I like things that … - Kiki Smith
I like that feeling when you’re making art, that you’re taking the energy out of your body and putting it into a physical object. I like things that …
Art is a reflection of everything that impacts your life. - Kiki Smith
Art is a reflection of everything that impacts your life.
Our culture seems to believe that it's entertaining to teach women to be frightened. - Kiki Smith
Our culture seems to believe that it's entertaining to teach women to be frightened.
When you get older, you're running out of time. You care more about trying to stay on the planet a little longer, so you can learn how to draw better! - Kiki Smith
When you get older, you're running out of time. You care more about trying to stay on the planet a little longer, so you can learn how to draw better!
The point isn't to know what you're doing. The point is to have an experience doing something. - Kiki Smith
The point isn't to know what you're doing. The point is to have an experience doing something.
Artists live in unknown spaces and give themselves over to following something unknown. - Kiki Smith
Artists live in unknown spaces and give themselves over to following something unknown.
I'm reminded of the arm, and the body, and the appendage. - Kiki Smith
I'm reminded of the arm, and the body, and the appendage.
If you stick to your work it will take care of you somehow. - Kiki Smith
If you stick to your work it will take care of you somehow.
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