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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 in repetition, a devotional quality, like saying rosaries.
Kiki Smith
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Kiki Smith
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: January 18
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I first had no interest in figuration whatsoever.
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Things that are very significant and important to you when constructing an identity when you're younger change.
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In our family, there wasn't anything else besides art. Nothing else in the world existed. My father never spoke about going to a movie or listening to music, other than my mother's singing.
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I'm in general a nostalgic person, but I don't know if I'm nostalgic for the 80s!
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I really love printmaking. It’s like a mystery and you’re trying to figure out how to rein it in.
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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 one could live on a pretty low income. One could live well below the poverty line and not suffer immensely.
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