All Barbara Kruger Quotes
- You make history when you do business. Business
- Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn't think… Art
- Money talks. It makes art. It determines what food we eat, whether we are cured or die, and what shoes we wear. Art
- I remember going into galleries and seeing this thing called conceptual art, and I understand people's marginalization from what the art subculture is because if… Art
- Architecture is my first love, if you want to talk about what moves me... the ordering of space, the visual pleasure, architecture's power to construct… Architecture
- What I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition... Create
- The different aspects of my activity, whether it's writing criticism, or doing visual work that incorporates writing, or teaching, or curating, is all of a… Activity
- Doubt tempers belief with sanity. Belief
- The so-called language of Barbara Kruger is vernacular language. Obviously, I pick through bits and pieces of it and figure out to some degree how… Barbara
- I'm trying to engage issues of power and sexuality and money and life and death and power. Power is the most free-flowing element in society,… Both
- Teaching at university isn't like teaching in an art school. Art
- What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing - the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up. Add
- You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice. Art
- I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm… Affective
- The reason why bookstores are going out of business in the States is that people just can't focus on longer narratives now - even narrative… Adventure
- I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation goes I purposely avoid a high… Avoid
- I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun. Deal
- All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary. All
- Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans. Attention
- I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle. Buying
- Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not. Culture
- I mean, making art is about objectifying your experience of the world, transforming the flow of moments into something visual, or textual, or musical, whatever.… Art
- I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the… Battle
- 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 relations.… Eloquence
- Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in. Address