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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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Stupid people shouldn’t breed.
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Disgust is the appropriate response to most situations
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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.
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Protect me from what I want.
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It is embarrassing to be caught and killed for stupid reasons
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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 try to excite myself so I stay crazy.
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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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I am not free because I can be exploded anytime.
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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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When my daughter was young, she thought all electronic signs were mine.
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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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Ensure that your life stays in flux.
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Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force
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Killing is unavoidable but is nothing to be proud of
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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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Enjoy yourself because you can't change anything anyway
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Abuse of power comes as no surprise
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On the worst days, I don't feel like an artist.
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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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