Jenny Holzer Quotes - Page 4

A positive attitude means all the difference in the world.

A name means a lot just by itself.

A sense of timing is the mark of a genius.

I try to excite myself so I stay crazy.

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.

It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.

On the worst days, I don't feel like an artist.

Savor kindness because cruelty is always possible later.

When my daughter was young, she thought all electronic signs were mine.

I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

It's good to be employable, but I hope to show the truth. The paintings seem true because nobody wants me to do them.

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.

Hands on your breast can keep your heart beating.

I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see if I detest it quickly or slowly. Otherwise I have things by other artists.