“I worked with someone else's photos; I cropped them in whatever way I wanted and put words on top of them. I knew how to do it with my eyes closed. Why couldn't that be my art?” WayArtEyeWanted Author:Barbara Kruger
“I think that the exactitude of the photograph has a sort of compelling nature based in its power to duplicate life. But to me the real power of photography is based in death: the fact that somehow it can enliven that which is not there in a kind of stultifying frightened way, because it seems to me that part of one's life is made up of a constant confrontation with one's own death.” ThinkingWayKindMadeRealFactsSeemsLife IsPhotographyConstantPhotographFrightenedCompellingConfrontationReal PowerDuplicateExactitude Author:Barbara Kruger
“Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.” KnowsWayDoeArtLanguageAttentionExpressionWorking ItDo You KnowManifestAttention SpanShort Attention Spans Author:Barbara Kruger
“I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.” ThinkingWayKindCertainLabelsArrangementsInstallation 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
“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 film is in crisis in many ways, unless it's an adventure film.” PeopleWayStatesReasonFilmFocusAdventureCrisisNarrativeReason WhyGoing OutBookstores Author:Barbara Kruger
“I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results.” ThinkingWayBigsMovingResultsProjectsGood WorkCrapBucks 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
“Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space and getting messages across that connect to the world in ways that seem familiar but are different.” WorldWayIdeasDifferentSeemsSpaceRight NowMessagesFamiliarThings Change Author:Barbara Kruger
