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Barbara Kruger, born on January 26, 1945, is a renowned artist known for her strong visual style and critical social and political messages in her work.

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Famous Barbara Kruger Quotes

“You want it, you buy it, you forget it.”

Want Forget Forget It

Book:Barbara Kruger: desire exists where pleasure is absent

Source: Barbara Kruger: desire exists where pleasure is absent

“I want to speak, show, see, and hear outrageously astute questions and comments. I want to be on the sides of pleasure and laughter and to disrupt the dour certainties of pictures, property, and power.”

Want Shows Speak Sides Pleasure Laughter Property Certainty Comment Astute

Book:Remote Control: Power, Cultures, and the World of Appearances

Source: Remote Control: Power, Cultures, and the World of Appearances

“... the thing that's happening today vis-á-vis computer imaging, vis-á-vis alteration, is that it no longer needs to be based on the real at all. I don't want to get into jargon - let's just say that photography to me no longer pertains to the rhetoric of realism; it pertains more perhaps to the rhetoric of the unreal rather than the real or of course the hyperreal.”

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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.”

People Want Artist Opportunity Space Attention Window Like Me Attention Span Window Of Opportunity Short Attention Spans

Author:Barbara Kruger

“I work with pictures and words because they have the ability to determine who we are, what we want to be and what we become.”

Want Ability Determine Who We Are Pictures And Words

Author:Barbara Kruger

“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 our days and nights.”

Ifs Want Firsts Moving Night Space Pleasure Architecture Visuals First Love Constructs Day And Night

Author:Barbara Kruger

About the Author

Born: January 26, 1945
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 80

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Remote Control: Power, Cultures, and the World of AppearancesRelated source material

Barbara Kruger: desire exists where pleasure is absentRelated source material

We won't play nature to your cultureRelated source material

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