Jenny Holzer Quotes - Page 4

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• I'm always trying to bring unusual content to a different audience - a non-art-world audience.

  Jenny Holzer

  Art, Always Trying, Different

  Wired Interview, www.wired.com. February 01, 1994.

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• Any surplus is immoral.

  Jenny Holzer

  Surplus, Immoral

  David Joselit, Joan Simon, Renata Salecl, Jenny Holzer (1998). “Jenny Holzer”, Phaidon Inc Ltd

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• Savor kindness because cruelty is always possible later.

  Jenny Holzer

  Kindness, Cruelty

  Jenny Holzer, Stefan Banz, Thomas Whitridge, Béatrix Ruf (2001). “Jenny Holzer: xenon”

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• Raise boys and girls the same way.

  Jenny Holzer

  Girl, Boys, Way

  David Joselit, Joan Simon, Renata Salecl, Jenny Holzer (1998). “Jenny Holzer”, Phaidon Inc Ltd

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• When my daughter was young, she thought all electronic signs were mine.

  Jenny Holzer

  Daughter, Mother, Young

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• Turn soft and lovely anytime you have the chance.

  Jenny Holzer

  Lovely, Chance, Turns

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• 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.

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• A positive attitude means all the difference in the world.

  Jenny Holzer

  Art, Attitude, Mean

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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.

  Jenny Holzer

  New York, Writing, Independent

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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.

  Jenny Holzer

  Borrowing, Associates, I Can

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• On the worst days, I don't feel like an artist.

  Jenny Holzer

  Artist, Worst, Worst Day

  "Jenny Holzer: drawn to the dark side". Interview With Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. June 4, 2012.

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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.

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• Hands on your breast can keep your heart beating.

  Jenny Holzer

  Heart, Hands, Breasts

  Jenny Holzer, Stefan Banz, Thomas Whitridge, Béatrix Ruf (2001). “Jenny Holzer: xenon”

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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.

  Jenny Holzer

  Artist, Worry, Stuff

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