Art is a reflection of everything that impacts your life. Kiki Smith More Quotes by Kiki Smith More Quotes From Kiki Smith The point of art is that it always has the necessity to expand because people are inherently expanding. Kiki Smith expanding people art I love flying buttresses! Kiki Smith flying When I was young, it was an exciting time to be in New York. Kiki Smith new-york exciting young It's just disgusting that in this society, the majority of students in art school are women, but they amount to less than 30% of what is shown in museums. That has not changed radically. Kiki Smith museums art school Life is much larger than how we image it, always, but society can be constricting in ways. Kiki Smith life-is way 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. Kiki Smith low-income space suffering Source of inspiration. The MAK is a museum that has had a profound effect on me as an artist and art viewer. Kiki Smith inspiration museums art The hardest thing is remembering that you have some complicity in the things that happen to you in your life. Kiki Smith complicity hardest remember Prior to my father's death, I was having a hard time committing to a career as an artist, but that's not because of who he was - it was because of who I am. It's true, though, that I felt I shouldn't compete with him, and that those feelings went away after he died. Kiki Smith hard-times artist father I always say I'm Catholic - but a cultural Catholic. I wouldn't say I'm a spiritual person, although I pray every day. Kiki Smith catholic praying spiritual Life changes a lot. I guarantee you. Kiki Smith life-changing guarantees I certainly am one of those people who is incredibly privileged to have an art career, which happened out of luck. Then luck kept happening. Besides that, things just move along in their own weird way. Kiki Smith careers art moving Sometimes your personal life is much more significant. Sometimes your work life is more significant. Friends and family, or sometimes the general population, take precedence. Kiki Smith population family-and-friends life-is 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. Kiki Smith mother father art 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, and each time it changes. And sometimes you have to wait for new information inside yourself to be able to finish something, to find out how it should go. Kiki Smith information meditation waiting As a child I prayed that my calling be revealed - but not with expectation and not with a destination. I became an artist because I didn't know what to do and I thought it was really fun to make things. Kiki Smith artist fun children My iPhone has changed my life - I spend hours taking photos of the sidewalk as I walk down the street. I like the casualness, that it's low-resolution. Kiki Smith resolution hours iphone I'm in general a nostalgic person, but I don't know if I'm nostalgic for the 80s! Kiki Smith nostalgic persons knows Things that are very significant and important to you when constructing an identity when you're younger change. Kiki Smith significant important identity 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! Kiki Smith running littles trying
