Jenny Holzer Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 29, 1950

Topics

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Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.

Jessica Savitch

TexasPoliticiansCharactersDefined

The truth is, I need to experience my mother's presence in the world around me and not just in my head.

Meghan O'Rourke

MotherTruthExperienceMeWorld

Being a late bloomer, I really didn't have any interest in children until my late 30s, but I'm so happy I didn't go through life without that experience.

Stacy Keach

LifeChildrenExperienceHappyLate

Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.

Mason Cooley

TraditionHobbyNiceBecomeLike

A person might see that I've blurbed a certain book and decide they want nothing to do with it! Like, 'If that reprobate Toews likes it, forget it!' So, it's a crapshoot. But it feels good to be able to praise a book that I love or that has been written by a new writer.

Miriam Toews

LoveGoodBookPersonNewForget

Any reports of animal cruelty should be thoroughly investigated and those operators held accountable.

Dick Durbin

AnimalCrueltyReportsAccountable

The issue for my character, and the issue of the show is, how dirty do your feet have to get without suffocating yourself in the mud in order to get an inch of what you really want done?

Bradley Whitford

CharacterYourselfFeetYouDirty

I love skincare. If anything, my skin goes extremely dry. I could put hand cream on my face, and it still goes in. On flights, I always put on masks, and I have night cream as my day cream.

Alicia Vikander

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We are the meeting place, an entity that's trying to connect faith and culture.

William P. Leahy

FaithCultureTryingPlaceMeeting

I prefer people to say to me, 'You're one of my favorite actors,' rather than 'You're one of my favorite character actors.' It sounds like a slam. At least it sounds that way to me.

William Forsythe

CharacterPeopleMeYouSayWay

When I started, you didn't focus so much on production, certainly not - gosh - down to the finest little detail of how you shifted your eyes or how you turned to somebody. A lot of the shots were far away from a still camera. There weren't as many close-ups and intimacy.

Shawn Michaels

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I almost drowned in a hot tub at a writing workshop once after I had some drinks without accounting for how the high elevation would impact my tolerance.

Tim Pratt

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