Latest Jenny Holzer Quotes from Interviews

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• It's good to be employable, but I hope to show the truth. The paintings seem true because nobody wants me to do them.

  Jenny Holzer

  Want, Painting, Shows

  Interview with Kiki Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2012.

• It's important to keep life simple, and if I'm traveling, I only can do a couple of things, and those are the things that I'm meant to be doing.

  Jenny Holzer

  Couple, Simple, Important

  Interview with Kiki Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2012.

• I was hesitant to approach people. I'm socially awkward. But I was working on a number of memorials, and finally it dawned on me: These are memorials to people who wrote, so I should use their writing. That's how I started to quit.

  Jenny Holzer

  Writing, Numbers, People

  Interview with Kiki Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2012.

• Usually going places makes me feel optimistic. And I'm a hillbilly, so heading to the countryside made sense a number of ways.

  Jenny Holzer

  Optimistic, Numbers, Way

  Interview with Kiki Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2012.

• I wasn't sure I was an artist, so I thought maybe I just was throwing ideas out for people to consider.

  Jenny Holzer

  Artist, Ideas, People

  Interview with Kiki Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2012.

• It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone. I don't want to be too dramatic, but it's hard. It's necessary to start most work alone.

  Jenny Holzer

  Want, Be Kind, Dramatic

  Interview with Kiki Smith, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2012.