Author: Barbara Kruger

Quotes

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.

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

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.

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.

- Barbara Kruger

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.

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.

- Barbara Kruger

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.

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.

- Barbara Kruger

What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing - the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up.

What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing - the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up.

- Barbara Kruger

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.

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.

- Barbara Kruger

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

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

- Barbara Kruger

I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity.

I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity.

- Barbara Kruger

I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.

I'm living my life, not buying a lifestyle.

- Barbara Kruger

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