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Kiki Smith Quotes: We as beings are very contradictory, complicated creatures that work in our best interest and against our best interest. In a certain way, I want my work to have all that messiness.
         

We as beings are very contradictory, complicated creatures that work in our best interest and against our best interest. In a certain way, I want my work to have all that messiness.


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Some people think or expect that you should make the same kinds of art forever because it creates a convenient narrative... I want my work to embody my inherent contradictions.

Some people think or expect that you should make the same kinds of art forever because it creates a convenient narrative... I want my work to embody my inherent contradictions.



The point isn't to know what you're doing. The point is to have an experience doing something.

The point isn't to know what you're doing. The point is to have an experience doing something.



I trust my work. It's a collaboration with the material, and when it's viewed, it's a collaboration with the world.

I trust my work. It's a collaboration with the material, and when it's viewed, it's a collaboration with the world.



I think making things beautiful is important. But often what's first considered ugly is beautiful, too.

I think making things beautiful is important. But often what's first considered ugly is beautiful, too.



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

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



Making art is a lot about just seeing what happens if you put some energy into something.

Making art is a lot about just seeing what happens if you put some energy into something.



Our culture seems to believe that it's entertaining to teach women to be frightened.

Our culture seems to believe that it's entertaining to teach women to be frightened.



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.

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.



One hopes that each piece contains enough space for several narratives.

One hopes that each piece contains enough space for several narratives.



It’s one of my loose theories that Catholicism and art have gone well together because both believe in the physical manifestation of the spiritual world.

It’s one of my loose theories that Catholicism and art have gone well together because both believe in the physical manifestation of the spiritual world.





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Just breathe, " my mom would say, "Ten tiny breaths... Seize them. Feel them. Love them.

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People dreaming, economists steals their dreams and politicians kills it

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I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the every vote counts.

I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the every vote counts.



I personally got to draw a take on a character that I've had in my mind since I was a teenager. That was pretty sweet!

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Skies are crying, I am watching, Catching teardrops in my hands. Only silence, as it's ending, Like we never had a chance. Do you have to make me feel Like there's nothing left of me?

Skies are crying, I am watching, Catching teardrops in my hands. Only silence, as it's ending, Like we never had a chance. Do you have to make me feel Like there's nothing left of me?



In every trial Let understanding fight for you.

In every trial Let understanding fight for you.



Unbroken companionship helps us hear His instruction so then we can see His direction. We must not seek direction before obeying His instruction.

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