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Barbara Kruger Quotes

Barbara Kruger quotes

American Artist

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I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience. Barbara Kruger
I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed. Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger quote: "You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the..."
You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice. Barbara Kruger
I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories. Barbara Kruger
Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways. Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger quote: "All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained..."
All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary. Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger quote: "I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words."
I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Barbara Kruger
I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances. Barbara Kruger
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. Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger quote: "I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to..."
I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements. Barbara Kruger
I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me. Barbara Kruger
What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing - the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up. Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger quote: "Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work,..."
Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in. Barbara Kruger
Barbara Kruger quote: "I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work."
I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work. Barbara Kruger
I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism. Barbara Kruger

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