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Jenny Holzer

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Jenny Holzer
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 29
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Drawer
Painter
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Gallipolis
Ohio
G'eni Holtser
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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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A little knowledge can go a long way.
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TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS.
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Stupid people shouldn’t breed.
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Lack of charisma can be fatal.
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If you are an artist and you are honest, you are never good enough.
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Exceptional people deserve special concessions.
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One of the glories and terrors of working in public is that you do see if your output means anything to anyone.
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The greatest disappointment is when you let yourself down.
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Usually going places makes me feel optimistic. And I'm a hillbilly, so heading to the countryside made sense a number of ways.
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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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BY YOUR RESPONSE TO DANGER IT IS EASY TO TELL HOW YOU HAVE LIVED AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO YOU. YOU SHOW WHETHER YOU WANT TO STAY ALIVE, WHETHER YOU THINK YOU DESERVE TO, AND WHETHER YOU BELIEVE IT'S ANY GOOD TO ACT.
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Being happy is more important than anything else.
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It's fun wandering around other people's minds.
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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.
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At times your unconsciousness is truer than your conscious mind
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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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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 used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand.
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It's good to be employable, but I hope to show the truth. The paintings seem true because nobody wants me to do them.
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