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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

#attention spans #because #do you know #does #i

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

— Barbara Kruger

#i #just #pictures #say #who

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

#art #commentary #creates #experience #flow

I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

#asking #being #criticism #different #different ways

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. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

#because #believing #consensus #constructed #else

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

#better #chosen #crazy #i #insanity

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

#choose #delusion #drag #especially #friends

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. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

#influence #lives #many #moments #most

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. ↗

— Barbara Kruger

#building #happens #i #i love #just

I don't obsess about my weight. I just know I've got to watch it when my pants feel tight. ↗

— Diane Kruger

#feel #got #i #just #know