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The place of the arts in the classroom is essential in encouraging invention, ambition, and an understanding of the importance and pleasures of living an examined life.
Barbara Kruger
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Barbara Kruger
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: January 26
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Conceptual Artist
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Newark
New Jersey
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Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in.
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If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.
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