“Many people don't have relationships to their siblings in adulthood, or they have superficial ones. It's sort of unfashionable, particularly in America, to be close to your family.” PeopleAmericaOur FamilyAdulthoodSuperficialSibling Author:Kiki Smith
“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.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldKindArtForeverCreatingNarrativeContradictionExpectingInherentConvenientEmbodimentFamous ArtistContradicting Author:Kiki Smith
“You start with a generic body, but I think the first wall you hit with portraiture is comprised of history and storytelling and the nature of characters - whether they are historical or coming from literature or documentation. Those are the references we have to people, besides your family, and the intimacy of portraiture is in the specifics of individuals. For me, it came out of doing things about animals.” PeopleThinkingFirstsCharacterBodyLiteratureIndividualAnimalWallHistoricalStorytellingIntimacyOur FamilyGenericPortraitureDocumentationSpecifics Author:Kiki Smith
“Now, it is much more difficult for young people coming to New York. But also when you're young, you have more time to interact with one another, to discover yourself with people of your generation.” PeopleYoungDifficultGenerationsNew YorkOver YouMore TimeDiscovering Yourself Author:Kiki Smith
“The point of art is that it always has the necessity to expand because people are inherently expanding.” PeopleArtArt IsExpanding Author:Kiki Smith
“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.” PeopleWayArtMovingCareersHappenedHappeningsLuckPrivileged Author:Kiki Smith
“My support system is simple - people and time. The miracle of other people in your life.” PeopleSimpleSupportMiraclePeople In Your LifeSupport Systems Author:Kiki Smith
“The miracle of being able to pay attention to other people in your life, and the miracle of being in time, and to continue being in time.” PeopleAblePayAttentionMiraclePay AttentionPeople In Your Life Author:Kiki Smith
