126 Quotes by Barbara Kruger

I have no complaints, except for the world.

I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.

I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation goes I purposely avoid a high degree of difficulty.

Look, we're all saddled with things that make us better or worse. This world is a crazy place, and I've chosen to make my work about that insanity.

All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.

Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.

Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs of our social lives.

I mean, making art is about objectifying your experience of the world, transforming the flow of moments into something visual, or textual, or musical, whatever. Art creates a kind of commentary.