Jenny Holzer quotes - page 2

One of the glories and terrors of working in public is that you do see if your output means anything to anyone. (Jenny Holzer)
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. View quote
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I suspect you've noticed that making art can be lonely. View quote
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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. View quote
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I am not free because I can be exploded anytime. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone. View quote
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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. View quote
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The epiphany for me was that I wasn't a writer, and I had to do something with these texts. I put them in the streets as posters. View quote
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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. (Jenny Holzer)
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! View quote
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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. View quote
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On the worst days, I don't feel like an artist. View quote
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