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When you draw a particular object, you have to have a very strong connection to the idea of what it is when you are drawing it. When you look at a drawing, you have to understand the history of the object. You have to see where it came from and what it has been through in its lifetime. In this quote, Kiki Smith is saying that she wants her drawings to have a history in them. She wants her drawings to tell an interesting story about the objects they depict.
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