Jenny Holzer

Expressing anger is necessary.

— 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

“OBVIOUSLY YOU STRIKE OUT AGAINST PEOPLE WITHIN RANGE. IT'S CATHARTIC TO AFFECT SOMEONE WHEN YOU'RE ANGRY. ALTERNATIVELY, CHOOSE ENEMIES IMPOSSIBLY FAR AWAY…

— Jenny Holzer

Enjoy yourself because you can't change anything anyway

— Jenny Holzer

I wanted to support things that are helpful to people and maybe bash what I think is dangerous. So I switched from…

— Jenny Holzer

The epiphany for me was that I wasnt a writer, and I had to do something with these texts. I put them…

— Jenny Holzer

What urge will save us now that sex won't?

— Jenny Holzer

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

— Jenny Holzer

At times your unconsciousness is truer than your conscious mind

— Jenny Holzer

“With all the holes in you already there's no reason to define the outside environment as alien.”

— Jenny Holzer

There's a fine line between information and propaganda.

— Jenny Holzer

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

— Jenny Holzer

“IT CAN BE STARTLING TO SEE SOMEONE¹S BREATH, LET ALONE THE BREATHING OF A CROWD. YOU USUALLY DON¹T BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE EXTEND…

— Jenny Holzer

That's the test of street art – to see if anybody stopped. People would cross out ones they didn't like and would…

— Jenny Holzer

Knowing yourself lets you understand others.

— 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

Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force

— Jenny Holzer

Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison

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

— 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

A positive attitude means all the difference in the world.

— Jenny Holzer

“I WALK IN / I SEE YOU / I WATCH YOU / I SCAN YOU / I WAIT FOR YOU / I…

— Jenny Holzer

“With you inside me comes the knowledge of my death.”

— Jenny Holzer

So much of art-making is about reducing things to the essentials, so I don't feel particularly crippled by this. I don't want…

— Jenny Holzer