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“I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday morning news shows on TV and felt strongly about issues of power, control, sexuality and race.”

Quote by Barbara Kruger

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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. more

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“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.”

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“There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.”

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“All violence is the illustration of a pathetic stereotype.”

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“GIVE YOUR BRAIN AS MUCH ATTENTION AS YOU DO YOUR HAIR AND YOU'LL BE A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER OFF.”

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“It entered the visual vocabulary of photographers, painters and sculptors and focused on what pictures and words look like and what they can mean.”

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“I like suggesting that ‘we are slaves to the objects around us,’ that ‘plenty should be enough,’ or that the ‘buyer should beware,’ within the context of conventional selling space.”

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“Belief is tricky because left to its own devices, it can court a kind of surety, an unquestioning allegiance that fears doubt and destroys difference.”

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