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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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The point isn't to know what you're doing. The point is to have an experience doing something.
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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 trying to find a happy medium that I can make some sense of.
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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 can learn how to draw better!
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I had stopped making figures, and then I began making images of animals in nature, which was a way to introduce the figure.
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I think making things beautiful is important. But often what's first considered ugly is beautiful, too.
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My support system is simple - people and time. The miracle of other people in your life.
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Life changes a lot. I guarantee you.
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When studio art started being seen as important, I joined Colab, and then I became very involved.
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It is very different when you age. The things that are significant, or what drives you, or the physical experience of being driven, changes over time.
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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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