Quote

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.

Jenny Holzer

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jenny Holzer
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 29
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Drawer
Painter
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Gallipolis
Ohio
G'eni Holtser
Clear
Gone
Wrong
Happens
Luxurious
Anything
Period
Sometimes
Periods
Time
Continue
Amount

More quotes by Jenny Holzer

Image
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.
Jenny Holzer
Image
When my daughter was young, she thought all electronic signs were mine.
Jenny Holzer
Image
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.
Jenny Holzer
Image
If you are an artist and you are honest, you are never good enough.
Jenny Holzer
Image
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.
Jenny Holzer
Image
Stupid people shouldn’t breed.
Jenny Holzer
Image
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.
Jenny Holzer
Image
Usually going places makes me feel optimistic. And I'm a hillbilly, so heading to the countryside made sense a number of ways.
Jenny Holzer
Image
It is in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender.
Jenny Holzer
Image
I try to excite myself so I stay crazy.
Jenny Holzer
Image
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
Image
Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force
Jenny Holzer
Image
The most profound things are inexpressible.
Jenny Holzer
Image
It's good to be employable, but I hope to show the truth. The paintings seem true because nobody wants me to do them.
Jenny Holzer
Image
Drama often obscures the real issues
Jenny Holzer
Image
Hands on your breast can keep your heart beating.
Jenny Holzer
Image
The greatest disappointment is when you let yourself down.
Jenny Holzer
Image
I am not free because I can be exploded anytime.
Jenny Holzer
Image
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.
Jenny Holzer
Image
One of the glories and terrors of working in public is that you do see if your output means anything to anyone.
Jenny Holzer