49 Quotes by Kiki Smith

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.

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.

I didn't start to be an artist myself until I was 24.

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.

Source of inspiration. The MAK is a museum that has had a profound effect on me as an artist and art viewer.

My work life makes much less sense now than 20 years ago. It's Humpty-Dumpty-like in a way; I can't put the pieces back together.

It's fun, in a way, to explore what's risky in one's life.

I really love printmaking. It’s like a mystery and you’re trying to figure out how to rein it in.

If you stick to your work it will take care of you somehow.