Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer is an American neo-conceptual artist, based in Hoosick Falls, New York. The main focus of her work is the delivery of words and ideas in public spaces...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPainter
Date of Birth29 July 1950
CountryUnited States of America
romantic-love manipulate
Romantic love was invented to manipulate women
stupid stupid-people people
Stupid people shouldn’t breed.
artist honest never-good-enough
If you are an artist and you are honest, you are never good enough.
artist worst worst-day
On the worst days, I don't feel like an artist.
groups increase solidarity
Deviants are sacrificed to increase group solidarity
fun people mind
It's fun wandering around other people's minds.
kindness cruelty
Savor kindness because cruelty is always possible later.
writing numbers people
I was hesitant to approach people. I'm socially awkward. But I was working on a number of memorials, and finally it dawned on me: These are memorials to people who wrote, so I should use their writing. That's how I started to quit.
optimistic numbers way
Usually going places makes me feel optimistic. And I'm a hillbilly, so heading to the countryside made sense a number of ways.
want painting shows
It's good to be employable, but I hope to show the truth. The paintings seem true because nobody wants me to do them.
be-kind want dramatic
It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone. I don't want to be too dramatic, but it's hard. It's necessary to start most work alone.
real thinking fake-world
Well, I think in trying to make life seem real enough that one is moved to do something about the more atrocious things. By going really far afield into a completely fake world, maybe there's a chance to make things resonant somehow - or in this case, truly terrifying. To make it as bad as the real stuff that's happening.
genius timing mark
A sense of timing is the mark of a genius.
succeed laundry clean
I really like doing the laundry, because I succeed at it. But I loathe putting it away. It is already clean.