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Jenny Holzer is an American contemporary artist known for her poetry and public art works. Her works often explore themes of power, politics, and gender, presented through poetry, sculpture, and installation art, and have had a wide-reaching impact in the art world.

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“It's important to keep life simple, and if I'm traveling, I only can do a couple of things, and those are the things that I'm meant to be doing.”

Ifs Important Can Do Simple Couple Meant To Be Simple Life

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“SPIT ALL OVER SOMEONE WITH A MOUTHFUL OF MILK IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR PERSONALITY FAST.”

Ifs Want Personality Milk Spit

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“The desperate things seem to require attention, the lovely things seem to elicit celebration. If I had to choose, I would go to the awful in the hope that doing something could yield a happier result.”

Ifs Seems Results Attention Lovely Awful Desperate Yield Celebration Lovely Things

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“That's the test of street art – to see if anybody stopped. People would cross out ones they didn't like and would star others. I liked that people would engage with them.”

People Ifs Art Stars Streets Crosses Tests Street Art

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“I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see if I detest it quickly or slowly. Otherwise I have things by other artists.”

Ifs Artist Stuff Worry Painting Testing Detest

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“I'd been doing projects outdoors for the public. I made pigeons eat geometry by putting bread out in rhomboids and triangles. I don't know if this activity made sense, but the work was available.”

Ifs Knows Made Activity Projects Available Bread Geometry Pigeons Triangles

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“If you have many desires your life will be interesting.”

Ifs Art Desire Interesting

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“If you are an artist and you are honest, you are never good enough.”

Ifs Enough Artist Honest Good Enough Never Good Enough

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“One of the glories and terrors of working in public is that you do see if your output means anything to anyone.”

Ifs Mean Glory Terror Output

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About the Author

Born: July 29, 1950
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 114

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The Venice installation: United States Pavilion, the 44th Venice Biennale, May 27-September 30, 1990Related source material

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