Kiki Smith Quotes

I Didn't Start To Be An Artist Myself Until I Was 24.

My Work Life Makes Much Less Sense Now Than 20 Years Ago. It's Humpty-dumpty-like In A Way; I Can't Put The Pieces Back Together.

Many People Don't Have Relationships To Their Siblings In Adulthood, Or They Have Superficial Ones. It's Sort Of Unfashionable, Particularly In America, To Be Close To Your Family.

It Is Very Different When You Age. The Things That Are Significant, Or What Drives You, Or The Physical Experience Of Being Driven, Changes Over Time.

The Miracle Of Being Able To Pay Attention To Other People In Your Life, And The Miracle Of Being In Time, And To Continue Being In Time.

I'm Not Moving From An Ideological Standpoint. Sometimes I'm Trying To Make My Life Better. Sometimes I'm Trying To Make My Life Worse! I'm Trying To Find A Happy Medium That I Can Make Some Sense Of.

When Studio Art Started Being Seen As Important, I Joined Colab, And Then I Became Very Involved.

Now, It Is Much More Difficult For Young People Coming To New York. But Also When You're Young, You Have More Time To Interact With One Another, To Discover Yourself With People Of Your Generation.

I'm In General A Nostalgic Person, But I Don't Know If I'm Nostalgic For The 80s!

I Had Stopped Making Figures, And Then I Began Making Images Of Animals In Nature, Which Was A Way To Introduce The Figure.

I First Had No Interest In Figuration Whatsoever.

Things That Are Very Significant And Important To You When Constructing An Identity When You're Younger Change.