“The point of art is that it always has the necessity to expand because people are inherently expanding.” Quote by Kiki Smith
“Life is much larger than how we image it, always, but society can be constricting in ways.” WayLife Is Author:Kiki Smith
“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.” TryingI CanSometimesMovingMediumsIdeologicalStandpoint Author:Kiki Smith
“I learnt a whole lot from my mother. About music, relationships, being a good person, loving people, the whole of life. I learnt about everything from her. Every single day I think about her. All through the day.” PeopleThinkingPersonsWholeMotherGood PersonLoving LifeBeing A Good Person Author:R. Kelly
“As an artist, you want to have an experience. What you need to experience changes over the course of your life because your life changes.” WantNeedsArtistCoursesLife Changing Author:Kiki Smith
“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.” DifferentAgeDrivenSignificantChanges Over Time Author:Kiki Smith
“I always thought it was a trap to fit into ideologies, and maybe that's a luxury position, but my work is a reflection of my being here. My being here is not a reflection of an idea.” IdeasPositionFitReflectionIdeologyLuxuryTraps Author:Kiki Smith
“Art is a reflection of everything that impacts your life.” ArtReflectionArt IsImpact Author:Kiki Smith
“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.” ArtSchoolChangedStudentsAmountMajorityMuseumsDisgustingThis SocietyArt School 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
“Things that are very significant and important to you when constructing an identity when you're younger change.” ImportantIdentitySignificant Author:Kiki Smith