Jenny Holzer Quotes
Top 97 wise famous quotes and sayings by Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Jenny Holzer on Wise Famous Quotes.
SPIT ALL OVER SOMEONE WITH A MOUTHFUL OF MILK IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR PERSONALITY FAST.
I wasn't sure I was an artist, so I thought maybe I just was throwing ideas out for people to consider.
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.
I really like doing the laundry, because I succeed at it. But I loathe putting it away. It is already clean.
She has no taste left to her and this makes it easier for me.
The color of her where she is inside is enough to make me kill her.
The color of her where she is inside is enough to make me kill her.
My arrogance knows no bounds and I will make no peace today, and you should be so lucky to find a woman like me.
THE IMPULSE IS TO SQUEEZE AND
FONDLE BABY WILD ANIMALS
BUT THEN THEY'D BE BROKEN AND
WHAT GOOD WOULD THEY BE?
FONDLE BABY WILD ANIMALS
BUT THEN THEY'D BE BROKEN AND
WHAT GOOD WOULD THEY BE?
One of the glories and terrors of working in public is that you do see if your output means anything to anyone.
I SAW THEIR STUNNING BODIES GO SLACK
AND GET HAIR IN THE WRONG PLACES
AND I VOWED I WOULD NOT PERMIT
THAT TO HAPPEN TO ME.
AND GET HAIR IN THE WRONG PLACES
AND I VOWED I WOULD NOT PERMIT
THAT TO HAPPEN TO ME.
How do you resign yourself to something that will never be? You stop wanting just that thing. You go numb. Or you kill the agent of desire.
HOW CONCISE THAT YOU CAN CRY FROM
AWFUL WOUNDS, DESERTION, HAPPINESS,
MEMORIES, HUMILIATION,
DISAPPOINTMENT OR GRANDEUR.
AWFUL WOUNDS, DESERTION, HAPPINESS,
MEMORIES, HUMILIATION,
DISAPPOINTMENT OR GRANDEUR.
TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS.
It's good to be employable, but I hope to show the truth. The paintings seem true because nobody wants me to do them.
Usually going places makes me feel optimistic. And I'm a hillbilly, so heading to the countryside made sense a number of ways.
I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand.
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.
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.
I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.
IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO THINK OF
THEM EATING YOUR FAVORITE FOODS
AND OCCASIONALLY THROWING UP
AND GETTING BITS STUCK
IN THEIR NOSES.
THEM EATING YOUR FAVORITE FOODS
AND OCCASIONALLY THROWING UP
AND GETTING BITS STUCK
IN THEIR NOSES.