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The most profound things are inexpressible.

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
Inexpressible
Profound
Art
Things

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Any surplus is immoral.
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A sense of duty imprisons you.
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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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Disgust is the appropriate response to most situations
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On the worst days, I don't feel like an artist.
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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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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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Exceptional people deserve special concessions.
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At times your unconsciousness is truer than your conscious mind
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Lack of charisma can be fatal.
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If you are an artist and you are honest, you are never good enough.
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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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Being happy is more important than anything else.
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The greatest disappointment is when you let yourself down.
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Protect me from what I want.
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Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force
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It is embarrassing to be caught and killed for stupid reasons
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