Jenny Holzer Quotes

At times inactivity is preferable to mindless functioning.

You are a victim of the rules you live by.

My arrogance knows no bounds and I will make no peace today, and you should be so lucky to find a woman like me.

TRYING TO BE POPULAR IN HIGH SCHOOL IS LIKE TRYING TO BE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT WON'T EXIST IN FOUR YEARS.

Protect me from what I want.

If you have many desires your life will be interesting.

All things are delicately interconnected.

Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison

THERE IS A PERIOD WHEN IT IS CLEAR THAT YOU HAVE GONE WRONG BUT YOU CONTINUE. SOMETIMES THERE IS A LUXURIOUS AMOUNT OF TIME BEFORE ANYTHING BAD HAPPENS.

I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand.

Ensure that your life stays in flux.

Abuse of power comes as no surprise

It's better to be a good person than a famous person.

Fear is the most elegant weapon, your hands are never messy

A lot of professionals are crackpots.

I wasn't sure I was an artist, so I thought maybe I just was throwing ideas out for people to consider.

Everyone's work is equally important.

The most profound things are inexpressible.

I really like doing the laundry, because I succeed at it. But I loathe putting it away. It is already clean.

When you start liking pain things start to get interesting.

Expressing anger is necessary.

Drama often obscures the real issues

Going with the flow is soothing but risky.

Lack of charisma can be fatal.

Enjoy yourself because you can't change anything anyway

I think of a piece, and then people who are competent fabricate it. But lately I've started finger painting, which probably should be a joke but isn't!

Being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular.

The epiphany for me was that I wasnt a writer, and I had to do something with these texts. I put them in the streets as posters.

It's fun wandering around other people's minds.

Turn soft and lovely any time you have a chance

How do you resign yourself to something that will never be? You stop wanting just that thing. You go numb. Or you kill the agent of desire.

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

It is in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender.

Remember you always have freedom of choice.

Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid.

Anger or hate can be a useful motivating force

Being happy is more important than anything else.

Alienation produces eccentrics or revolutionaries.

It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.

It is embarrassing to be caught and killed for stupid reasons

Deviants are sacrificed to increase group solidarity

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.

Boredom makes you do crazy things

A sense of timing is the mark of a genius.

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.

A name means a lot just by itself.

Someone else's body is a place for your mind to go.

A positive attitude means all the difference in the world.

I wanted to support things that are helpful to people and maybe bash what I think is dangerous. So I switched from being everybody to being myself.

I try to excite myself so I stay crazy.