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Jenny Holzer
American
Artist
Born:
Jul 29
,
1950
Art
Because
Like
Me
People
Think
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I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice.
Jenny Holzer
People
Long
Nice
Back
Strips
Abandon
Out
Intriguing
Would
Find
See
Beach
Something
Put
Puzzle
Over
Pigeons
Still
Geometric
Go
Were
Wanted
Anyone
Bread
Patterns
Canvas
Them
Then
Notice
Paint
Downtown
Things
I get up about four times a night and go back to sleep, or not. Then I swill tea around 8 a.m. I answer e-mail, while I stall thinking about whatever scares me.
Jenny Holzer
Me
Whatever
Tea
Thinking
Back
Scares
About
Around
Answer
Go
Up
Times
Get
While
Stall
Then
Four
Night
Sleep
Lack of charisma can be fatal.
Jenny Holzer
Charisma
Lack
Fatal
Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid.
Jenny Holzer
Love
Beautiful
Love Is
Stupid
I suspect you've noticed that making art can be lonely.
Jenny Holzer
Art
You
Lonely
Making
Suspect
Noticed
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.
Jenny Holzer
Life
World
Think
Enough
Resonant
Bad
About
Seem
Somehow
Case
Something
Atrocious
More
Stuff
Well
Make
Terrifying
Fake
Real
Truly
Trying
Going
Maybe
Moved
Happening
Far
Really
Things
Chance
I am not free because I can be exploded anytime.
Jenny Holzer
Free
Because
Am
Anytime
Exploded
On the worst days, I don't feel like an artist.
Jenny Holzer
Worst
Feel
Days
Like
Artist
I seldom have my stuff up unless I'm testing it. If I'm worrying about a painting, I put it up and see if I detest it quickly or slowly. Otherwise I have things by other artists.
Jenny Holzer
Painting
Other
Otherwise
Unless
Worrying
See
Slowly
About
Detest
Seldom
Put
Stuff
Testing
Up
Quickly
Artists
Things
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!
Jenny Holzer
People
Joke
Painting
Think
Lately
Fabricate
Finger
Piece
Which
Then
Should
Who
Competent
Started
I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.
Jenny Holzer
Writing
Independent
Study
New
York
Moved
New York
Whitney
Started
Program
Museum
One of the glories and terrors of working in public is that you do see if your output means anything to anyone.
Jenny Holzer
You
See
Output
Terrors
Anyone
Anything
Public
Working
Means
Your
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