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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.

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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Lovely
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