Jenny Holzer Quotes
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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.
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I try to excite myself so I stay crazy.
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You are a victim of the rules you live by.
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Everyone's work is equally important.
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All things are delicately interconnected.
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Savor kindness because cruelty is always possible later.
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I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.
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Sloppy thinking gets worse over time.
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I think of a piece, and then people who are competent fabricate it. But lately I've started finger painting, which probably should be a joke but isn't!
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A lot of professionals are crackpots.
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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.
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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.
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Going with the flow is soothing but risky.
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Raise boys and girls the same way.
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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.
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At times your unconsciousness is truer than your conscious mind
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I really like doing the laundry, because I succeed at it. But I loathe putting it away. It is already clean.
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Any surplus is immoral.
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A little knowledge can go a long way.
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The desperate things seem to require attention, the lovely things seem to elicit celebration. If I had to choose, I would go to the awful in the hope that doing something could yield a happier result.
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If you have many desires your life will be interesting.
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The greatest disappointment is when you let yourself down.
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Killing is unavoidable but is nothing to be proud of
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THERE IS A PERIOD WHEN IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE GONE WRONG BUT YOU CONTINUE. SOMETIMES THERE IS A LUXURIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS.
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My arrogance knows no bounds and I will make no peace today, and you should be so lucky to find a woman like me.
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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.
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Knowing yourself lets you understand others.
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When my daughter was young, she thought all electronic signs were mine.
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The most profound things are inexpressible.
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Abuse of power comes as no surprise
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