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I have problems with a lot of photography, particularly street photography and photojournalism - objectifying the other, finding the contempt and exoticism that you might feel within yourself or toward yourself and projecting it out to others. There can be an abusive power to photography, too.

~Barbara Kruger

Topics: Contempt Feel Finding Lot Might Other Others Out Particularly Photography Power Problems Projecting Street Too Toward Within You Yourself

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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

Topics: About Better Chosen Crazy Insanity Look Make Place Things Us Work World Worse

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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.

~Barbara Kruger

Topics: About American Angeles Cities Consumption Culture Global Los Los Angeles Most National New New York Only Production York

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I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results.

~Barbara Kruger

Topics: Big Bucks Call Crap Eloquently Good Good Work Lots Make Moving Project Results Some Think Throw Very Ways Work Would You I Think

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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

Topics: Arrangements Certain Go Installation Just Kinds Label Necessarily Only Think Way

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Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space and getting messages across that connect to the world in ways that seem familiar but are different.

~Barbara Kruger

Topics: Across Change Changes Connect Different Familiar Getting Idea Like Messages Now Right Seem Space Things Ways Work World

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

~Barbara Kruger

Topics: About Constructed Deal Fame Hearsay Histories How Ideas Identities Public Trying

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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

Topics: Am Asking Being Criticism Different Different Ways People Pleasure Rigorous Think Ways I Think I Am

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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

Topics: About Art Because Categories Crazy Does Feel Means Public Sure Term Then Think Uncomfortable I Think I Feel

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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

Topics: Author Biography Book Circumstances Events Every Film Follows History Should So-Called Statement Think I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: Unknown

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