If you behaved nicely, the communists wouldn't exist.
— Jenny Holzer
Deviants are sacrificed to increase group solidarity.
— Jenny Holzer
Raise boys and girls the same way.
— Jenny Holzer
SPIT ALL OVER SOMEONE WITH A MOUTHFUL OF MILK IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR PERSONALITY FAST.
— Jenny Holzer
What urge will save us now that sex won't?
— Jenny Holzer
I wasn't sure I was an artist, so I thought maybe I just was throwing ideas out for people to consider.
— Jenny Holzer
Someone else's body is a place for your mind to go.
— Jenny Holzer
A positive attitude means all the difference in the world.
— Jenny Holzer
Ideals are replaced by conventional goals at a certain age.
— Jenny Holzer
It's better to be a good person than a famous person.
— Jenny Holzer
I'm always trying to bring unusual content to a different audience - a non-art-world audience.
— Jenny Holzer
Exceptional people deserve special concessions.
— Jenny Holzer
It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.
— Jenny Holzer
On the worst days, I don't feel like an artist.
— Jenny Holzer
I really like doing the laundry, because I succeed at it. But I loathe putting it away. It is already clean.
— Jenny Holzer
Stupid people shouldn't breed.
— Jenny Holzer
A little knowledge can go a long way.
— Jenny Holzer
Savor kindness because cruelty is always possible later.
— Jenny Holzer
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. — Jenny Holzer
My arrogance knows no bounds and I will make no peace today, and you should be so lucky to find a woman like me.
— Jenny Holzer
Use what is dominant in a culture to change it quickly.
— Jenny Holzer
All things are delicately interconnected.
— Jenny Holzer
A lot of professionals are crackpots.
— Jenny Holzer
A sense of duty imprisons you.
— Jenny Holzer
THE IMPULSE IS TO SQUEEZE ANDFONDLE BABY WILD ANIMALS
BUT THEN THEY'D BE BROKEN AND
WHAT GOOD WOULD THEY BE? — Jenny Holzer
One of the glories and terrors of working in public is that you do see if your output means anything to anyone.
— Jenny Holzer
When you start liking pain things start to get interesting. — Jenny Holzer
The most profound things are inexpressible. — Jenny Holzer
It's fun wandering around other people's minds. — Jenny Holzer
Disgust is the appropriate response to most situations — Jenny Holzer
When my daughter was young, she thought all electronic signs were mine. — Jenny Holzer
In a dream you saw a way to survive and you were full of joy. — Jenny Holzer
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. — Jenny Holzer
Sloppy thinking gets worse over time. — Jenny Holzer
Fear is the most elegant weapon, your hands are never messy — Jenny Holzer
Company makes my day. — Jenny Holzer
Remember you always have freedom of choice. — Jenny Holzer
TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS. — Jenny Holzer
At times inactivity is preferable to mindless functioning. — Jenny Holzer
Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force — Jenny Holzer
Boredom makes you do crazy things. — Jenny Holzer
An elite is inevitable. — Jenny Holzer
Expressing anger is necessary. — Jenny Holzer
At times your unconsciousness is truer than your conscious mind — Jenny Holzer
I suspect you've noticed that making art can be lonely. — Jenny Holzer
Abuse of power comes as no surprise — Jenny Holzer
With you inside me comes the knowledge of my death. — Jenny Holzer
I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand. — Jenny Holzer
Being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular. — Jenny Holzer
Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison — Jenny Holzer
A sense of timing is the mark of a genius. — Jenny Holzer
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
A name means a lot just by itself. — Jenny Holzer
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
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
IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY FEELINGWHEN PART OF YOUR BODY ARE
TOUCHED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
I'M THINKING OF THE SENSATIONS
FROM SEX AND SURGERY. — Jenny Holzer
IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO THINK OFTHEM EATING YOUR FAVORITE FOODS
AND OCCASIONALLY THROWING UP
AND GETTING BITS STUCK
IN THEIR NOSES. — Jenny Holzer
I wanted to be an abstract painter, but I was rotten at it. — Jenny Holzer
WHAT A SHOCK WHEN THEY TELL YOUIT WON'T HURT AND YOU ALMOST
TURN INSIDE OUT WHEN THEY BEGIN. — Jenny Holzer
Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid. — Jenny Holzer
I am not free because I can be exploded anytime. — Jenny Holzer
With all the holes in you already there's no reason to define the outside environment as alien. — Jenny Holzer
I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. — Jenny Holzer
Ensure that your life stays in flux. — Jenny Holzer
Protect me from what I want. — Jenny Holzer
IF THE HOUSE IS BITTER COLD,ALL THE FLUIDS THEREIN,
IF NOT FROZEN, ARE STIFF AND SLOW. — Jenny Holzer
Going with the flow is soothing but risky. — Jenny Holzer
Alienation produces eccentrics or revolutionary. — Jenny Holzer
Being happy is more important than anything else. — Jenny Holzer
You confuse me with something that is in you. I will not predict how you want to use me. — Jenny Holzer
Fear is the greatest incapacitator. — Jenny Holzer
Go where people sleep and see if they are safe — Jenny Holzer
THE FOND OLD COUPLE WASDISAPPEARING TOGETHER THROUGH
SUCCESSIVE AMPUTATIONS. — Jenny Holzer
I SAW THEIR STUNNING BODIES GO SLACKAND GET HAIR IN THE WRONG PLACES
AND I VOWED I WOULD NOT PERMIT
THAT TO HAPPEN TO ME. — Jenny Holzer
You are a victim of the rules you live by. — Jenny Holzer
I KNOW WHO YOU AREAND IT DOES ME
NO GOOD AT ALL — Jenny Holzer
Killing is unavoidable but is nothing to be proud of — Jenny Holzer
If you have many desires your life will be interesting. — Jenny Holzer
Knowing yourself lets you understand others. — Jenny Holzer
Turn soft and lovely anytime you have the chance. — Jenny Holzer
Drama often obscures the real issues — Jenny Holzer
Faithfulness is a social not a biological law. — Jenny Holzer
Everyone's work is equally important. — Jenny Holzer
It is in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender. — Jenny Holzer
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. — Jenny Holzer
Enjoy yourself because you can't change anything anyway. — Jenny Holzer
Any surplus is immoral. — Jenny Holzer
I try to excite myself so I stay crazy. — Jenny Holzer
Hands on your breast can keep your heart beating. — Jenny Holzer
Romantic love was invented to manipulate women — Jenny Holzer
There's a fine line between information and propaganda. — Jenny Holzer
HOW CONCISE THAT YOU CAN CRY FROMAWFUL WOUNDS, DESERTION, HAPPINESS,
MEMORIES, HUMILIATION,
DISAPPOINTMENT OR GRANDEUR. — Jenny Holzer
