Jenny Holzer quotes
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“At times inactivity is preferable to mindless functioning.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer (1983). “Truisms and essays”, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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“You are a victim of the rules you live by.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer (1983). “Truisms and essays”, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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“All things are delicately interconnected.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer, Noemi Smolik (1996). “Jenny Holzer: writing”
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“It's better to be a good person than a famous person.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer, Noemi Smolik (1996). “Jenny Holzer: writing”
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“Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer, Noemi Smolik (1996). “Jenny Holzer: writing”
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“Being happy is more important than anything else.”
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“Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force”
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“Going with the flow is soothing but risky.”
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“I wanted to be an abstract painter, but I was rotten at it.”
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“I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see if I detest it quickly or slowly. Otherwise I have things by other artists.”
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“It is embarrassing to be caught and killed for stupid reasons”
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“On the worst days, I don't feel like an artist.”
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“I really like doing the laundry, because I succeed at it. But I loathe putting it away. It is already clean.”
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“There's a fine line between information and propaganda.”
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“Use what is dominant in a culture to change it quickly.”
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“Alienation produces eccentrics or revolutionaries.”
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“Ensure that your life stays in flux.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer (1983). “Truisms and essays”, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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“The epiphany for me was that I wasnt a writer, and I had to do something with these texts. I put them in the streets as posters.”
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“Disgust is the appropriate response to most situations”
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“Killing is unavoidable but is nothing to be proud of”
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“Well, I think in trying to make life seem real enough that one is moved to do something about the more atrocious things. By going really far afield into a completely fake world, maybe there's a chance to make things resonant somehow - or in this case, truly terrifying. To make it as bad as the real stuff that's happening.”
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“Deviants are sacrificed to increase group solidarity”
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“Hands on your breast can keep your heart beating.”
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“Exceptional people deserve special concessions.”
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“It is in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer, Stefan Banz, Thomas Whitridge, Béatrix Ruf (2001). “Jenny Holzer: xenon”
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“The most profound things are inexpressible.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer, Söke Dinkla (2006). “Die Macht des Wortes”, Hatje Cantz Pub
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“My arrogance knows no bounds and I will make no peace today, and you should be so lucky to find a woman like me.”
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“One of the glories and terrors of working in public is that you do see if your output means anything to anyone.”
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“TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : "Jenny Holzer’s Hilarious Mom Tweets", www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2012.
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“Abuse of power comes as no surprise”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer, Noemi Smolik (1996). “Jenny Holzer: writing”
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“I get up about four times a night and go back to sleep, or not. Then I swill tea around 8 a.m. I answer e-mail, while I stall thinking about whatever scares me.”
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“Romantic love was invented to manipulate women”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer, Albright-Knox Art Gallery (1990). “The Venice installation: United States Pavilion, the 44th Venice Biennale, May 27-September 30, 1990”, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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“Turn soft and lovely anytime you have the chance.”
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“Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid.”
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“A lot of professionals are crackpots.”
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“Being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer, Noemi Smolik (1996). “Jenny Holzer: writing”
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“The desperate things seem to require attention, the lovely things seem to elicit celebration. If I had to choose, I would go to the awful in the hope that doing something could yield a happier result.”
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“How do you resign yourself to something that will never be? You stop wanting just that thing. You go numb. Or you kill the agent of desire.”
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“I am not free because I can be exploded anytime.”
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“BY YOUR RESPONSE TO DANGER IT IS EASY TO TELL HOW YOU HAVE LIVED AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO YOU. YOU SHOW WHETHER YOU WANT TO STAY ALIVE, WHETHER YOU THINK YOU DESERVE TO, AND WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT'S ANY GOOD TO ACT.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer, Stefan Banz, Thomas Whitridge, Béatrix Ruf (2001). “Jenny Holzer: xenon”
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“Knowing yourself lets you understand others.”
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“Savor kindness because cruelty is always possible later.”
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“That's the test of street art – to see if anybody stopped. People would cross out ones they didn't like and would star others. I liked that people would engage with them.”
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“I wanted to support things that are helpful to people and maybe bash what I think is dangerous. So I switched from being everybody to being myself.”
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“Protect me from what I want.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer, Albright-Knox Art Gallery (1990). “The Venice installation: United States Pavilion, the 44th Venice Biennale, May 27-September 30, 1990”, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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“A sense of duty imprisons you.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer (1983). “Truisms and essays”, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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“SPIT ALL OVER SOMEONE WITH A MOUTHFUL OF MILK IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR PERSONALITY FAST.”
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“When my daughter was young, she thought all electronic signs were mine.”
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“Turn soft and lovely any time you have a chance”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer, Stefan Banz, Thomas Whitridge, Béatrix Ruf (2001). “Jenny Holzer: xenon”
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“A positive attitude means all the difference in the world.”
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“A sense of timing is the mark of a genius.”
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“At times your unconsciousness is truer than your conscious mind”
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“What urge will save us now that sex won't?”
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“It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.”
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“I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.”
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“If you have many desires your life will be interesting.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : David Joselit, Joan Simon, Renata Salecl, Jenny Holzer (1998). “Jenny Holzer”, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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“Remember you always have freedom of choice.”
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“It's necessary to start most work alone. But I'm tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether it's borrowing poetry or traveling with an associate.”
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“If you are an artist and you are honest, you are never good enough.”
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“Enjoy yourself because you can't change anything anyway”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer, Noemi Smolik (1996). “Jenny Holzer: writing”
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“It's fun wandering around other people's minds.”
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“Fear is the most elegant weapon, your hands are never messy”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : David Joselit, Joan Simon, Renata Salecl, Jenny Holzer (1998). “Jenny Holzer”, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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“THERE IS A PERIOD WHEN IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE GONE WRONG BUT YOU CONTINUE. SOMETIMES THERE IS A LUXURIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer, Stefan Banz, Thomas Whitridge, Béatrix Ruf (2001). “Jenny Holzer: xenon”
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“I'd been doing projects outdoors for the public. I made pigeons eat geometry by putting bread out in rhomboids and triangles. I don't know if this activity made sense, but the work was available.”
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“I think of a piece, and then people who are competent fabricate it. But lately I've started finger painting, which probably should be a joke but isn't!”
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“I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Interview with Kiki Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2012.
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“Faithfulness is a social not a biological law.”
-- Jenny HolzerSource : Jenny Holzer, Albright-Knox Art Gallery (1990). “The Venice installation: United States Pavilion, the 44th Venice Biennale, May 27-September 30, 1990”, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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“I'm always trying to bring unusual content to a different audience - a non-art-world audience.”
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“Someone else's body is a place for your mind to go.”
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