Warhol’s images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn’t think about him a hell of a lot.
BARBARA KRUGERI like suggesting that ‘we are slaves to the objects around us,’ that ‘plenty should be enough,’ or that the ‘buyer should beware,’ within the context of conventional selling space.
More Barbara Kruger Quotes
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What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing – the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up.
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Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I’m working in.
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I’m living my life, not buying a lifestyle.
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I think what I’m trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience.
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There’s a moment of recognition. It’s that white-light kind of stuff that just “works.” I love that. And you know it when it happens, whether it’s a movie, music, a building, a book.
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You want it, you buy it, you forget it.
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Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It’s because I understand short attention spans.
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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.
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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.
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Memory is your image of perfection.
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Teaching at university isn’t like teaching in an art school.
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GIVE YOUR BRAIN AS MUCH ATTENTION AS YOU DO YOUR HAIR AND YOU’LL BE A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER OFF.
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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.
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You make history when you do business.
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I’ve always been very tied to language.
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