I seldom have my stuff up unless I’m testing it. If I’m worrying about a painting, I put it up and see if I detest — Jenny Holzer
I get up about four times a night and go back to sleep, or not. Then I swill tea around 8 a.m. — Jenny Holzer
I really like doing the laundry, because I succeed at it. But I loathe putting it away. It is already clean. — Jenny Holzer
I think of a piece, and then people who are competent fabricate it. But lately I’ve started finger painting — Jenny Holzer
I used language because I wanted to offer content that people – not necessarily art people – could understand. — Jenny Holzer
I’m always trying to bring unusual content to a different audience – a non-art-world audience. — Jenny Holzer
One thing that changed when I moved upstate was that I became interested in different materials. — Jenny Holzer
So much of art-making is about reducing things to the essentials, so I don’t feel particularly crippled by this. — Jenny Holzer
That’s the test of street art – to see if anybody stopped. People would cross out ones they didn’t like and would star others. — Jenny Holzer
The desperate things seem to require attention, the lovely things seem to elicit celebration. — Jenny Holzer
Well, I think in trying to make life seem real enough that one is moved to do something about — Jenny Holzer