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. — Jenny Holzer Copy Share Image
I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share Image
How do you resign yourself to something that will never be? You stop wanting just that thing. You go numb. Or you kill the… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share
“MORE THAN ONCE I'VE AWAKENED WITH TEARS RUNNING DOWN MY CHEEKS. I HAVE HAD TO THINK WHETHER I WAS CRYING OR WHETHER IT IS… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share
“Food won't go down when you know your mother didn't want you, never liked to feed you, always hated you in her rooms. You… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share
SPIT ALL OVER SOMEONE WITH A MOUTHFUL OF MILK IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR PERSONALITY FAST. — Jenny Holzer Copy Share
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… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share
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… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share
“IT'S NO FUN WATCHING PEOPLE WOUND THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY CAN HOLE UP, NURSE THEMSELVES BACK TO HEALTH, AND REPEAT THE CYCLE. THEY DON'T… — Jenny Holzer Copy Share
I wasn't sure I was an artist, so I thought maybe I just was throwing ideas out for people to consider. — Jenny Holzer Copy Share
