Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans. Barbara Kruger attentionlanguagemanifest Change image and share on social
I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Sometimes that stuff ends up in different kinds of sites and contexts which determine what it means and looks like. Barbara Kruger artistcontextdetermine Change image and share on social
I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to detonate some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience. Barbara Kruger createdetonateexperience Change image and share on social
The reason why bookstores are going out of business in the States is that people just can't focus on longer narratives now - even narrative film is in crisis in many ways, unless it's an adventure film. Barbara Kruger adventurebookstorebusiness share on social
Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space and getting messages across that connect to the world in ways that seem familiar but are different. Barbara Kruger changeconnectenvelop Change image and share on social
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 attentiondrawlot Change image and share on social
I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances. Barbara Kruger authorbiographybook Change image and share on social
I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Barbara Kruger artistpictureword Change image and share on social
I've always been very tied to language. Barbara Kruger havelanguagetie Change image and share on social
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 badlychoosecrazy Change image and share on social