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Barbara Kruger Quotes

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: artist
Nationality: american
Birth: January 26, 1945

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Yourself Surround Yourself Cool You

I don't often go to curator or artist walk-throughs of exhibitions. For a critic, it feels like cheating. I want to see shows with my own eyes, making my own mistakes, viewing exhibitions the way most of their audience sees them.

Eyes Mistakes Cheating Artist Want

My mum was never too keen on TV, so we kids all went to the library and got books out. Right from the start, I loved the works of Mark Twain. Every time I read about Tom Sawyer, I'd go out and do something low-level naughty, just like him.

Time Start Library Loved Go Never

We can choose to address the twin issues of population and consumption to rebalance the use of resources to a more egalitarian pattern of consumption.

Choose More Resources Population Use

Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained.

John Stuart Mill

Strength Character Courage Society

I originally wanted to go into sports, but my first concert was KISS at the shooting of 'KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park.' The minute I saw Gene and Paul... it was all over. I knew that's what I wanted to do.

Sports Kiss Go First Over Park

They say politics is a contact sport, and I have to agree with that.

Politics Say They Say Contact Agree

I have been wildly enthused about gaming since I was younger, and a career path I chose not to go down but did really consider was getting into programming and game design.

Path Game Design Career Down Gaming

I used to be a great fan of doing crosswords. When you're fiddling around with anagrams, you get wonderful jumbles of syllables that become interesting.

Great Interesting Doing You Become

Britain has supported theocrats and dictators as long as it served British business interests, whether under Tory or Labour rule.

Business Long Rule British Dictators

There aren't a lot of African-American superheroes. I've been reading comics since I was eight or nine years old. Luke Cage stood out.

Cheo Hodari Coker

Reading Old Years Cage Out Been

I would love to go on 'The Biggest Loser,' where it's a concentrated thing.

Love Loser Go Where Would Thing

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

Perseverance Influence Desire Active

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