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A little knowledge can go a long way.

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
Art
Littles
Little
Long
Way
Knowledge

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I wanted to be an abstract painter, but I was rotten at it.
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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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On the worst days, I don't feel like an artist.
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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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Hands on your breast can keep your heart beating.
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The most profound things are inexpressible.
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Enjoy yourself because you can't change anything anyway
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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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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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Killing is unavoidable but is nothing to be proud of
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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 moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.
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Exceptional people deserve special concessions.
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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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Drama often obscures the real issues
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Turn soft and lovely any time you have a chance
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Being happy is more important than anything else.
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Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force
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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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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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