Culture Quote by Barbara Kruger Download Open image “Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.” — Barbara Kruger ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Culture Irony Saturated
The culture of irony is the culture of postmodernism, which I would furiously want to denounce. We have to act ethically and politically. Irony… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
I don't embrace irony, but I do think it's a pre-existing condition; we manage it as best we can. — Fred Tomaselli Copy Share Image
Americans don't understand irony? I am an intelligent person living in the United States. My entire existence is ironic. — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
There's not a lot of room for un-ironic emotion in contemporary culture. I think that irony is an important tool in dealing with the… — John Green Copy Share Image
And make no mistake: irony tyrannizes us. The reason why our pervasive cultural irony is at once so powerful and so unsatisfying is that… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Irony gives us, at little expense, the impression that we are experienced psychologists. — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
Irony is a great tool to deal with things. It's an intellectualization, a way to go above things, which can work. — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
The greatest irony in the world is that you are so blessed and don't know it. — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
There's a large strain of irony in our human affairs... Interwoven with our affairs is this wonderful spirit of irony which prevents us from… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
Irony is based on insecurity; people like to not like things because they don't understand them. — Justin Vernon Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed. — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Money talks. It makes art. It determines what food we eat, whether we are cured or die, and what shoes we wear. — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in. — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
In the hearing world, I'm constantly having to lip-read and trying to understand what's going on. Sign language is so beautiful. It gives you… — Rose Ayling-Ellis Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Orlando, where the economy and culture has been powerfully shaped by tourism, and so I've long been interested… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Our times demand the declaration of the world's resources as the common heritage of all people. — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly… — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
In the movie, the stars above the ship bear no correspondence to any constellations in a real sky. Worse yet, while the heroine bobs...… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
It is not my intention to explain Turkey, its culture and its problems. My literature has a universal concern: I want to bring people… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I don't think the distinction between high and low culture exists anymore. — Jeremy Scott Copy Share Image
