Source of inspiration. The MAK is a museum that has had a profound effect on me as an artist and art viewer.
Kiki SmithPrints 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.
Kiki SmithAs an artist, you want to have an experience. What you need to experience changes over the course of your life because your life changes.
Kiki SmithSometimes 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 SmithI have to make about a million proofs of everything. I donโt know, itโs 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