Jenny Holzer Quotes - Page 3

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• Deviants are sacrificed to increase group solidarity

  Jenny Holzer

  Groups, Increase, Solidarity

  Jenny Holzer, Noemi Smolik (1996). “Jenny Holzer: writing”

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• Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force

  Jenny Holzer

  Hate, Force

  Jenny Holzer, Noemi Smolik (1996). “Jenny Holzer: writing”

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• I am not free because I can be exploded anytime.

  Jenny Holzer

  Because I Can, I Can

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

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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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  Succeed, Laundry, Clean

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• Going with the flow is soothing but risky.

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  Going With The Flow, Flow, Soothing

  Jenny Holzer (1983). “Truisms and essays”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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• Exceptional people deserve special concessions.

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  Art, People, Special

  Jenny Holzer (1983). “Truisms and essays”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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• There's a fine line between information and propaganda.

  Jenny Holzer

  Lines, Information, Propaganda

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• 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.

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• Knowing yourself lets you understand others.

  Jenny Holzer

  Knowing, Know Yourself

  Jenny Holzer, Noemi Smolik (1996). “Jenny Holzer: writing”

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• Use what is dominant in a culture to change it quickly.

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  Change, Culture, Use

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

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• It is embarrassing to be caught and killed for stupid reasons

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  Stupid, Reason, Embarrassing

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

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• Killing is unavoidable but is nothing to be proud of

  Jenny Holzer

  Proud, Killing, Be Proud

  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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• Stupid people shouldn’t breed.

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  Stupid, Stupid People, People

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

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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.

  Jenny Holzer

  Epiphany, Posters, Streets

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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.

  Jenny Holzer

  Sleep, Thinking, Night

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• A little knowledge can go a long way.

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  Art, Long, Littles

  Jenny Holzer, Noemi Smolik (1996). “Jenny Holzer: writing”

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• If you are an artist and you are honest, you are never good enough.

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  Artist, Honest, Never Good Enough

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• Being happy is more important than anything else.

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  Important

  Jenny Holzer, Noemi Smolik (1996). “Jenny Holzer: writing”

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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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  Art, Stars, People

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

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• 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.

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• A name means a lot just by itself.

  Jenny Holzer

  Art, Mean, Names

  Jenny Holzer (1983). “Truisms and essays”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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• A sense of timing is the mark of a genius.

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  Genius, Timing, Mark

  Jenny Holzer (1983). “Truisms and essays”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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• I try to excite myself so I stay crazy.

  Jenny Holzer

  Crazy, Trying

  Jenny Holzer, Noemi Smolik (1996). “Jenny Holzer: writing”

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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.

  Jenny Holzer

  Triangles, Pigeons, Bread

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

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• It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.

  Jenny Holzer

  Be Kind, Kind

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

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