Barbara Kruger

“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.”

“Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn't think about him a hell of a lot.”

“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.”

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

“One thing I learned working at magazines was that if you couldn't get people to look at a page or a cover, then you were fired. It was all about how you create arresting works, and by arresting I mean stop people, even for a nano-second.”

“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.”

“It's hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves.”

“I have problems with a lot of photography, particularly street photography and photojournalism - objectifying the other, finding the contempt and exoticism that you might feel within yourself or toward yourself and projecting it out to others. There can be an abusive power to photography, too.”

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

“Teaching at university isn't like teaching in an art school.”

“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.”

“I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.”