Jenny Holzer Quotes - Page 3

I was hesitant to approach people. I'm socially awkward. But I was working on a number of memorials, and finally it dawned on me: These are memorials to people who wrote, so I should use their writing. That's how I started to quit.

Deviants are sacrificed to increase group solidarity

Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force

I really like doing the laundry, because I succeed at it. But I loathe putting it away. It is already clean.

I am not free because I can be exploded anytime.

Going with the flow is soothing but risky.

Exceptional people deserve special concessions.

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.

Knowing yourself lets you understand others.

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

It is embarrassing to be caught and killed for stupid reasons

Killing is unavoidable but is nothing to be proud of

Stupid people shouldn’t breed.

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.

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.

A little knowledge can go a long way.

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

Being happy is more important than anything else.

Any surplus is immoral.

I'm always trying to bring unusual content to a different audience - a non-art-world audience.

Raise boys and girls the same way.

Turn soft and lovely anytime you have the chance.

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.

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.

Usually going places makes me feel optimistic. And I'm a hillbilly, so heading to the countryside made sense a number of ways.