Quotes by Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger

American artist

Lived from: 1945 -

Category: Artists

Born: 26 january 1945

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  • There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
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  • All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.
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  • Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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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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  • 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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  • I have no complaints, except for the world.
    Lecture, San Francisco Art Institute
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  • I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday morning news shows on TV and felt strongly about issues of power, control, sexuality and race.
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  • I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Sometimes that stuff ends up in different kinds of sites and contexts which determine what it means and looks like.
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  • I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.
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  • I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.
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  • I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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  • If I bring up political power, personal power, it sounds like they're my terms, and they're not.
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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.
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  • It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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  • Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.
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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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  • Money talks. It starts rumors about careers and complicity and speaks of the tragedies and triumphs of our social lives.
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  • 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.
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  • Seeing is no longer believing. The very notion of truth has been put into crisis. In a world bloated with images, we are finally learning that photographs do indeed lie.
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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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What are the most famous quotes from Barbara Kruger?

The two most famous quotes from Barbara Kruger are:

  • "There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives."
  • "All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary."

When did Barbara Kruger live?

Barbara Kruger is still alive and was born in 1945.