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Life Quote by Kiki Smith

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“Life really changes. And it gets lighter, for the most part. You tolerate yourself and others better.”

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It was a very economically depressed time [the 80s] and because of that, there was a lot of space. Everything was relatively dilapidated, and…

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I first had no interest in figuration whatsoever.

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I got into animals by drawing hair follicles. I liked drawing hair, and from that I got into feathers and fur, then into images…

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Artists live in unknown spaces and give themselves over to following something unknown.

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Art is a reflection of everything that impacts your life.

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I didn't start to be an artist myself until I was 24.

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You start with a generic body, but I think the first wall you hit with portraiture is comprised of history and storytelling and the…

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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…

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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.

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