Jenny Holzer

“Boredom makes you do crazy things.”

— Jenny Holzer

A little knowledge can go a long way.

— Jenny Holzer

Expressing anger is necessary.

— Jenny Holzer

Protect me from what I want.

— Jenny Holzer

Sloppy thinking gets worse over time.

— Jenny Holzer

Abuse of power comes as no surprise

— Jenny Holzer

I try to excite myself so I stay crazy.

— Jenny Holzer

Stupid people shouldn’t breed.

— Jenny Holzer

The greatest disappointment is when you let yourself down.

— Jenny Holzer

At times your unconsciousness is truer than your conscious mind

— Jenny Holzer

Faithfulness is a social not a biological law.

— Jenny Holzer

Turn soft and lovely any time you have a chance

— Jenny Holzer

Being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular.

— Jenny Holzer

Turn soft and lovely anytime you have the chance.

— Jenny Holzer

It is in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender.

— Jenny Holzer

“Ideals are replaced by conventional goals at a certain age.”

— Jenny Holzer

“IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY FEELING WHEN PART OF YOUR BODY ARE TOUCHED FOR THE FIRST TIME. I'M THINKING OF THE SENSATIONS FROM SEX…

— Jenny Holzer

“She has no taste left to her and this makes it easier for me. The color of her where she is inside…

— Jenny Holzer

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…

— Jenny Holzer

THERE IS A PERIOD WHEN IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE GONE WRONG BUT YOU CONTINUE. SOMETIMES THERE IS A LUXURIOUS AMOUNT…

— Jenny Holzer

“IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO THINK OF THEM EATING YOUR FAVORITE FOODS AND OCCASIONALLY THROWING UP AND GETTING BITS STUCK IN THEIR…

— Jenny Holzer

“IF THE HOUSE IS BITTER COLD, ALL THE FLUIDS THEREIN, IF NOT FROZEN, ARE STIFF AND SLOW.”

— Jenny Holzer

My arrogance knows no bounds and I will make no peace today, and you should be so lucky to find a woman…

— Jenny Holzer

It's good to be employable, but I hope to show the truth. The paintings seem true because nobody wants me to do…

— Jenny Holzer

I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see…

— Jenny Holzer

Well, I think in trying to make life seem real enough that one is moved to do something about the more atrocious…

— Jenny Holzer

It's necessary to start most work alone. But I'm tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether…

— Jenny Holzer

I was hesitant to approach people. I'm socially awkward. But I was working on a number of memorials, and finally it dawned…

— Jenny Holzer

I'd been doing projects outdoors for the public. I made pigeons eat geometry by putting bread out in rhomboids and triangles. I…

— Jenny Holzer

The desperate things seem to require attention, the lovely things seem to elicit celebration. If I had to choose, I would go…

— Jenny Holzer

“IT'S NICE WHEN YOU DECIDE TO LIKE SOMEONE AND, WITHOUT DECLARING YOURSELF, DO WHAT'S POSSIBLE TO FURTHER HIS HAPPINESS. THIS CAN TAKE…

— Jenny Holzer

I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons…

— Jenny Holzer

Ensure that your life stays in flux.

— Jenny Holzer

“THE FOND OLD COUPLE WAS DISAPPEARING TOGETHER THROUGH SUCCESSIVE AMPUTATIONS.”

— Jenny Holzer

Alienation produces eccentrics or revolutionaries.

— Jenny Holzer

Romantic love was invented to manipulate women

— Jenny Holzer

Being happy is more important than anything else.

— Jenny Holzer

Disgust is the appropriate response to most situations

— Jenny Holzer

It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.

— Jenny Holzer

It's fun wandering around other people's minds.

— Jenny Holzer