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> [It’s always been in between the things I thought I was doing that the real work has happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/it-s-always-been-in-between-the-things-i-thought-i-was-doing-that-the/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

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## More by William Kentridge

> [The drawings don't start with 'a beautiful mark'. It has to be a mark of something out there in the world. It doesn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/the-drawings-don-t-start-with-a-beautiful-mark-it-has-to-be-a-mark-of/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [The uncertain and imprecise way of constructing a drawing is sometimes a model of how to construct meaning... The ethical and moral questions...in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/the-uncertain-and-imprecise-way-of-constructing-a-drawing-is/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [It’s always been in between the things I thought I was doing that the real work has happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/it-s-always-been-in-between-the-things-i-thought-i-was-doing-that-the/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [I'm interested in machines that make you aware of the process of seeing and aware of what you do when you construct the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/i-m-interested-in-machines-that-make-you-aware-of-the-process-of/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [Forgetting is natural, remembering is the effort one makes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/forgetting-is-natural-remembering-is-the-effort-one-makes/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [The absurd, with its rupture of rationality-of conventional ways of seeing the world-is in fact an accurate and a productive way of understanding the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/the-absurd-with-its-rupture-of-rationality-of-conventional-ways-of/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [My grandfather was a member of Parliament for 40 years. Obviously we're talking here South Africa, a whites only parliament. I grew up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/my-grandfather-was-a-member-of-parliament-for-40-years-obviously-we/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [To say that one need art, or politics, that incorporate ambiguity and contradiction is not to say that one then stops recognizing and condemning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/to-say-that-one-need-art-or-politics-that-incorporate-ambiguity-and/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [I am only an artist, my job is to make drawings not to make sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/i-am-only-an-artist-my-job-is-to-make-drawings-not-to-make-sense/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

> [I am interested in a political art, that is to say an art of ambiguity, contradiction, uncompleted gestures and uncertain ending - an art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-kentridge/i-am-interested-in-a-political-art-that-is-to-say-an-art-of-ambiguity/)

[William Kentridge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-kentridge/)

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