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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
So once I thought of the villain with a sense of humor, I began to think of a name and the name "the Joker" immediately came to mind. There was the association with the Joker in the deck of cards, and I probably yelled literally, 'Eureka!' because I knew I had the name and the image at the same time. Jerry Robinson
Time Sense Of Humor Mind Humor Thought Sense Think Once Immediately Joker Had Knew Name Because Came Yelled Began Same Same Time Literally Deck Eureka Villain Image Cards Association
When comics came along in the 1930s there was a talent pool waiting. And one reason is so many areas were closed to Jews. Colleges, advertising agencies, many of the corporations - the doors that were closed led to the one that was open. Jerry Robinson
Waiting Closed Doors Pool Jews Corporations Colleges Area Open Talent Along Advertising Advertising Agencies Comics Came Were Led The Doors Agencies Reason Many
I always felt that heroes were essentially dull. Villains were more exotic and could do more interesting things. Jerry Robinson
Heroes More Could Felt Always Were Dull Exotic Essentially Interesting Interesting Things Villains Things
Even though at 17 it was limited, I had a life before Batman. Jerry Robinson
Life Before Batman Though Had Limited Even
We were just emerging from the Depression. Superman started in 1938. Batman started in 1939. So, we were just recovering. Jerry Robinson
Depression Superman Batman Emerging Recovering Were Just Started
It took me many years to figure out how to structure a compelling story. Jessica Abel
Me Took Out Structure How Years Story Figure Many Compelling
It's an incredibly supportive and friendly field. Older people want to foster and help younger people. Which is not true of all creative fields, but it is true of comics, and it is true of radio. Jessica Abel
Creative People Field Older Incredibly True Supportive Comics Friendly Want Which Fields Younger Younger People Help Radio Foster Older People
Looking at younger artists, like Varda Caivano and Kerstin Bratsch, I see that their work has something in common that is new to my generation. There's an effort to value the evidence of the hand and the handmade thing while also acknowledging the way in which the making of things with hands has such a complex, alienated place in our culture. Jessica Stockholder
Work Generation Culture Value Looking Our Alienated Way Evidence Complex See My Generation Something New Like Also Making Hand Effort Handmade Hands Artists Common Place Which Acknowledging While Younger Thing Things
It doesn't matter what I use. It can be anything. What's interesting is how what I'm doing meets with the stuff I use. Jessica Stockholder
Matter Meets Stuff How Doing Anything Interesting Use
I suppose I consider my work a kind of picture making. Jessica Stockholder
Work Picture Consider Kind Suppose Making
I love the way painting is so full of illusionistic possibilities. Jessica Stockholder
Love Painting Way Possibilities Full
I don't have assistants and things in the studio. Jessica Stockholder
Studio Things Assistants
I work in response to the limitations of any situation and in relationship to what's possible. Jessica Stockholder
Work Relationship Situation Possible Response Limitations Any
Focused attention necessarily has an edge, but as focus changes, the edge shifts. Jessica Stockholder
Focus Edge Changes Focused Attention Shifts Necessarily
I think what kids do is play. Jessica Stockholder
Think Kids Play
My work participates in that really quick and easy and inexpensive material that's part of our culture. In that way, my work engages the means of production that we live with, even while it's classical and embodies some things from a very long time ago. Jessica Stockholder
Work Time Culture Long Long Time Live Our Way Embodies Easy Some Classical Some Things Part Long Time Ago Material Inexpensive Quick Very Very Long Time While Really Means Production Even Things
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