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> [I have to make about a million proofs of everything. I don’t know, it’s just a repetition, like a meditation. You come back to something and then you leave it, and then you come back again and you leave it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/i-have-to-make-about-a-million-proofs-of-everything-i-don-t-know-it-s/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

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## More by Kiki Smith

> [ It was a very economically depressed time \[the 80s\] and because of that, there was a lot of space. Everything was relatively dilapidated, and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/it-was-a-very-economically-depressed-time-the-80s-and-because-of-that/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

> [I first had no interest in figuration whatsoever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/i-first-had-no-interest-in-figuration-whatsoever/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

> [I got into animals by drawing hair follicles. I liked drawing hair, and from that I got into feathers and fur, then into images…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/i-got-into-animals-by-drawing-hair-follicles-i-liked-drawing-hair-and/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

> [Artists live in unknown spaces and give themselves over to following something unknown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/artists-live-in-unknown-spaces-and-give-themselves-over-to-following/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

> [We as beings are very contradictory, complicated creatures that work in our best interest and against our best interest. In a certain way, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/we-as-beings-are-very-contradictory-complicated-creatures-that-work/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

> [I think that sense of always traveling has something to do with anonymity and privacy and pleasure in having a very clear, very reductive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/i-think-that-sense-of-always-traveling-has-something-to-do-with/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

> [Art is a reflection of everything that impacts your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/art-is-a-reflection-of-everything-that-impacts-your-life/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

> [I didn't start to be an artist myself until I was 24.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/i-didn-t-start-to-be-an-artist-myself-until-i-was-24/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/when-you-get-older-you-re-running-out-of-time-you-care-more-about/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

> [You start with a generic body, but I think the first wall you hit with portraiture is comprised of history and storytelling and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/you-start-with-a-generic-body-but-i-think-the-first-wall-you-hit-with/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/i-m-not-moving-from-an-ideological-standpoint-sometimes-i-m-trying-to/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/my-work-life-makes-much-less-sense-now-than-20-years-ago-it-s-humpty/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

> [Prints mimic what we are as humans: we are all the same and yet every one is different. I think there's a spiritual power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/prints-mimic-what-we-are-as-humans-we-are-all-the-same-and-yet-every/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

> [I think that objects have memories. I’m always thinking that I’ll go to the museum and see something and have a big memory about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/i-think-that-objects-have-memories-i-m-always-thinking-that-i-ll-go/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

> [Sometimes your personal life is much more significant. Sometimes your work life is more significant. Friends and family, or sometimes the general population, take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/sometimes-your-personal-life-is-much-more-significant-sometimes-your/)

[Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/)

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