Art Quote by Young-Ha Kim

“An artist's passion shouldn't create passion. An artist's supreme virtue is to be detached and cold.”

— Young-Ha Kim

Life is a continuous cycle of once-terrifying things becoming normal.

— Young-Ha Kim

Why does nothing change, even when you set out for a faraway place?

— Young-Ha Kim

A kid who has just started to lie is taking the first step as a storyteller.

— Young-Ha Kim

Sometimes fiction is more easily understood than true events. Reality is often pathetic.

— Young-Ha Kim

I always take a close look at those who lose themselves in self portraits. They are solitary souls, prone to introspection, who have really…

— Young-Ha Kim

[We often] criticize the people on TV: 'He just can't act.' 'You call that singing?' ... We get jealous not because we're evil, but…

— Young-Ha Kim

And still everything’s the same, even though I did my best to get as far away as I could.

— Young-Ha Kim

There are only two ways to be a god: through creation or murder.

— Young-Ha Kim

Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting.

— Young-Ha Kim

Dont be a fish; be a frog. Swim in the water and jump when you hit ground.

— Young-Ha Kim

People who don’t know how to summarize have no dignity. Neither do people who needlessly drag on their messy lives. They who don’t know…

— Young-Ha Kim