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Barbara Kruger quotes: Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in.

Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in.

Barbara Kruger quotes: Belief is tricky because left to its own devices, it can court a kind of surety, an unquestioning allegiance that fears doubt and destroys difference.

Belief is tricky because left to its own devices, it can court a kind of surety, an unquestioning allegiance that fears doubt and destroys difference.

Barbara Kruger quotes: I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism.

I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism.

Barbara Kruger quotes: You want it, you buy it, you forget it.

You want it, you buy it, you forget it.

Barbara Kruger quotes: I work with pictures and words because they have the ability to determine who we are, what we want to be and what we become.

I work with pictures and words because they have the ability to determine who we are, what we want to be and what we become.

Barbara Kruger quotes: We are obliged to steal pieces of language, both visual and textual.

We are obliged to steal pieces of language, both visual and textual.

Barbara Kruger quotes: Money talks. It makes art. It determines what food we eat, whether we are cured or die, and what shoes we wear.

Money talks. It makes art. It determines what food we eat, whether we are cured or die, and what shoes we wear.

Barbara Kruger quotes: I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience.

I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience.

Barbara Kruger quotes: Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.

Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.

Barbara Kruger quotes: GIVE YOUR BRAIN AS MUCH ATTENTION AS YOU DO YOUR HAIR AND YOU'LL BE A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER OFF.

GIVE YOUR BRAIN AS MUCH ATTENTION AS YOU DO YOUR HAIR AND YOU'LL BE A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER OFF.

Barbara Kruger quotes: Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.

Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.

Barbara Kruger quotes: Memory is your image of perfection.

Memory is your image of perfection.

Barbara Kruger quotes: Your comfort is my silence.

Your comfort is my silence.

Barbara Kruger quotes: Art is as heavy as sorrow, as light as a breeze, as bright as an idea, as pretty as a picture, as funny as money, and as fugitive as fraud!

Art is as heavy as sorrow, as light as a breeze, as bright as an idea, as pretty as a picture, as funny as money, and as fugitive as fraud!

Barbara Kruger quotes: I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.

I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.

Barbara Kruger quotes: All violence is the illustration of a pathetic stereotype,

All violence is the illustration of a pathetic stereotype,

Barbara Kruger quotes: Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.

Barbara Kruger quotes: I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words.

I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words.

Barbara Kruger quotes: Look, we're all saddled with things that make us better or worse. This world is a crazy place, and I've chosen to make my work about that insanity.

Look, we're all saddled with things that make us better or worse. This world is a crazy place, and I've chosen to make my work about that insanity.

Barbara Kruger quotes: You make history when you do business.

You make history when you do business.

Barbara Kruger quotes: Love is something you fall into.

Love is something you fall into.

Barbara Kruger quotes: Doubt tempers belief with sanity.

Doubt tempers belief with sanity.

Barbara Kruger quotes: Teaching at university isn't like teaching in an art school.

Teaching at university isn't like teaching in an art school.

Barbara Kruger quotes: Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs of our social lives.

Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs of our social lives.

Barbara Kruger quotes: You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice.

You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice.

Barbara Kruger quotes: All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.

All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.

Barbara Kruger quotes: I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.

I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.

Barbara Kruger quotes: I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.

I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.

Barbara Kruger quotes: I've always been very tied to language.

I've always been very tied to language.

Barbara Kruger quotes: I have no complaints, except for the world.

I have no complaints, except for the world.

Barbara Kruger quotes: I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.

I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.

Barbara Kruger quotes: There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.

There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.

Barbara Kruger quotes: I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.

I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.

Barbara Kruger quotes: It's a small world, but not if you have to clean it

It's a small world, but not if you have to clean it

Barbara Kruger quotes: I think pictures and words have the power to make us rich or poor.

I think pictures and words have the power to make us rich or poor.

Barbara Kruger quotes: What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing - the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up.

What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing - the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up.

Barbara Kruger quotes: Images are made palpable, ironed flat by technology and, in turn, dictate the seemingly real through the representative.

Images are made palpable, ironed flat by technology and, in turn, dictate the seemingly real through the representative.

Barbara Kruger quotes: It entered the visual vocabulary of photographers, painters and sculptors and focused on what pictures and words look like and what they can mean.

It entered the visual vocabulary of photographers, painters and sculptors and focused on what pictures and words look like and what they can mean.

Barbara Kruger quotes: If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.

If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.

Barbara Kruger quotes: It's hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves.

It's hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves.

Barbara Kruger quotes: What I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition ...

What I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition ...