Barbara Kruger

All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

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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. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

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Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that I'm working in. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

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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. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

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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. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

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I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

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I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

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I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

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I mean, making art is about objectifying your experience of the world, transforming the flow of moments into something visual, or textual, or musical, whatever. Art creates a kind of commentary. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

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I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation goes I purposely avoid a high degree of difficulty. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

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