“There's a moment of recognition. It's that white-light kind of stuff that just "works." I love that. And you know it when it happens, whether it's a movie, music, a building, a book.” KnowsKindBookMomentsLightHappensArtistStuffWhiteBuildingRecognitionWhite Light Author:Barbara Kruger
“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 degree of difficulty.” TryingArtistSocialDealsDegreesDifficultyComplexityVisualsPresentationSocial Life Author:Barbara Kruger
“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.” ThinkingKnowsArtistGirlLanguageDealsSkillsGunThreatThings To DoDo You KnowPullingGirl ThingLanguage Skills Author:Barbara Kruger
“All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.” KindArtistTurnsScaryNarrativeGossipScarCrazinessCraziness Of Life Author:Barbara Kruger
“Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.” KnowsArtistCultureIronySaturated Author:Barbara Kruger
“Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in.” Has BeensArtistDirectMediumsAddressesConsistentTacticsRehabilitation Author:Barbara Kruger
“I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words.” ArtistPictures And Words Author:Barbara Kruger
“I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism.” PeopleThinkingWayDifferentArtistPleasureCriticismAskingDifferent Ways Author:Barbara Kruger
“I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.” TryingIdeasArtistDealsIdentityFameHearsay Author:Barbara Kruger
“What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing - the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up.” WholeArtistTechnologyObjectsAddProductionsExpensiveConstructionInstallation Author:Barbara Kruger
“Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.” WayArtTwoArtistLevelsPracticeDesignRegardVisualsFormalDesign Work Author:Barbara Kruger
“I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories.” IfsThinkingFeelsMeanDoeArtArtistTermCrazyArt IsUncomfortableNot SureCategoriesPublic Art Author:Barbara Kruger
“I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Sometimes that stuff ends up in different kinds of sites and contexts which determine what it means and looks like.” LooksKindMeanDifferentEndsSometimesArtistStuffDetermineArtisticDifferent KindsSitePictures And Words Author: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 relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity.” PeopleWantArtistOpportunitySpaceAttentionWindowLike MeAttention SpanWindow Of OpportunityShort Attention Spans Author:Barbara Kruger
“I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances.” ThinkingShouldBookFilmArtistEventsCircumstancesStatementsBiographiesHistory Books Author:Barbara Kruger
“I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.” IfsBelieveArtistWatchesMediaNewsConsensus Author:Barbara Kruger
“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 about him a hell of a lot.” ThinkingArtMadeArtistHellHonestBackgroundsBeing HonestWarholCommercial Art Author:Barbara Kruger
