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A lot of professionals are crackpots.

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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
Professionals
Crackpots

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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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I wasn't sure I was an artist, so I thought maybe I just was throwing ideas out for people to consider.
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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.
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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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Hands on your breast can keep your heart beating.
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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.
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A little knowledge can go a long way.
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Ensure that your life stays in flux.
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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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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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Protect me from what I want.
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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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If you are an artist and you are honest, you are never good enough.
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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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Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force
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Turn soft and lovely any time you have a chance
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Stupid people shouldn’t breed.
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I wanted to be an abstract painter, but I was rotten at it.
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Enjoy yourself because you can't change anything anyway
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It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.
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