152 Quotes by Jenny Holzer

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.

Drama often obscures the real issues.

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.

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

It’s necessary to start most work alone. But I’m tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether it’s borrowing poetry or traveling with an associate.

Boredom makes you do crazy things.

Slipping into madness is good for the sake of comparison.

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!

I’m always trying to bring unusual content to a different audience – a non-art-world audience.