Photography Quotes by Barbara Kruger

I have frequently said, and I will repeat again, in the manner of any well-meaning seriality, that I'm interested in mixing the ingratiation of…

— Barbara Kruger

I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.

— Barbara Kruger

I like suggesting that ‘we are slaves to the objects around us,’ that ‘plenty should be enough,’ or that the ‘buyer should beware,’ within…

— Barbara Kruger

Money talks. It makes art. It determines what food we eat, whether we are cured or die, and what shoes we wear.

— Barbara Kruger

I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.

— Barbara Kruger

It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social…

— Barbara Kruger

Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in.

— Barbara Kruger

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and…

— Barbara Kruger

I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have…

— Barbara Kruger

“Your comfort is my silence.”

— Barbara Kruger

I believe that who we are, and consequently the work that we make, whether we're visual artists or writers or journalists or filmmakers, is…

— Barbara Kruger

Love is something you fall into.

— Barbara Kruger

Memory is your image of perfection.

— Barbara Kruger

I mean, making art is about objectifying your experience of the world, transforming the flow of moments into something visual, or textual, or musical,…

— Barbara Kruger

Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.

— Barbara Kruger