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I wanted to support things that are helpful to people and maybe bash what I think is dangerous. So I switched from being everybody to being myself.

~Jenny Holzer

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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!

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I suspect you've noticed that making art can be lonely.

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It's fun wandering around other people's minds.

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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.

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I used language because I wanted to offer content that people - not necessarily art people - could understand.

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Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid.

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I'd been doing projects outdoors for the public. I made pigeons eat geometry by putting bread out in rhomboids and triangles. I don't know if this activity made sense, but the work was available.

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Protect me from what I want.

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It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: July 29th, 1950

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