Quotes by Barbara Kruger

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)

As with the Princess Di crash, which sent the media on the most insane feeding frenzy. From the moment of the crash, the pornography of sentiment never let up. (Barbara Kruger)

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

Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? Its because I understand short attention spans. (Barbara Kruger)

I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. Its just a label for certain kinds of arrangements. (Barbara Kruger)

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)

I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work. (Barbara Kruger)

I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. (Barbara Kruger)

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)

I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But its the ideological framing of the debate that scares me. (Barbara Kruger)