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title: "1 Art Practice Quotes By Kim Gordon"
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> [When I was young, there was never any space for me to get attention of my own that wasn't negative. Art, and the practice of making art, was the only space that was mine alone, where I could be anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/when-i-was-young-there-was-never-any-space-for-me-to-get-attention-of/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

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## More by Kim Gordon

> [It's hard to say when the life of a band starts and stops... but playing music together is an act of trust. When that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/it-s-hard-to-say-when-the-life-of-a-band-starts-and-stops-but-playing/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I think of myself as unconventional, I guess. I maybe always had a problem with authority, like a stubbornness about what's expected - despite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-think-of-myself-as-unconventional-i-guess-i-maybe-always-had-a/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [When I was young, there was never any space for me to get attention of my own that wasn't negative. Art, and the practice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/when-i-was-young-there-was-never-any-space-for-me-to-get-attention-of/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I'm not saying Sonic Youth was a conceptual-art project for me, but in a way it was an extension of Warhol. Instead of making…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-m-not-saying-sonic-youth-was-a-conceptual-art-project-for-me-but-in/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I do retweet some of the things that people say about the things I've done, but I don't necessarily want to use it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-do-retweet-some-of-the-things-that-people-say-about-the-things-i-ve/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I am basically a shy person, so performing sometimes helps me focus - having all those people concentrate their attention on you. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-am-basically-a-shy-person-so-performing-sometimes-helps-me-focus/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I just happened to start playing music for the conceptual ideas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-just-happened-to-start-playing-music-for-the-conceptual-ideas/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [You're always going to feel like you're catching up, and part of that is just balancing work and motherhood and the whole feeling of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/you-re-always-going-to-feel-like-you-re-catching-up-and-part-of-that/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I was kind of freaked out by the art world in the 1980s. Just the money thing. All the competition over artists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-was-kind-of-freaked-out-by-the-art-world-in-the-1980s-just-the/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [Political art never goes away. I started watching The West Wing show recently and I'm actually learning about how the government works in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/political-art-never-goes-away-i-started-watching-the-west-wing-show/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [Sonic Youth, for better or worse, is/was a machine that carried me along through pregnancy, motherhood, and creative opportunities I never would have achieved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/sonic-youth-for-better-or-worse-is-was-a-machine-that-carried-me/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/in-a-lot-of-the-art-world-you-have-to-present-yourself-as-you-know/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [I have a really hard time writing my own lyrics for this record, because one, I had to write so many and also I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/i-have-a-really-hard-time-writing-my-own-lyrics-for-this-record/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [In rock music, people have certain assumptions that it makes people more enlightened, and it really doesn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/in-rock-music-people-have-certain-assumptions-that-it-makes-people/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

> [Because our daughters have school and it's just such a hassle going down to New York all the time, we can really only go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-gordon/because-our-daughters-have-school-and-it-s-just-such-a-hassle-going/)

[Kim Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-gordon/)

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