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I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice.
— Jenny Holzer
Tags: beach, go, long, people

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One thing that changed when I moved upstate was that I became interested in different materials. I started making the stone benches because I was seeing rocks.
— Jenny Holzer
Tags: seeing, making, rocks, stone
It's necessary to start most work alone. But I'm tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether it's borrowing poetry or traveling with an associate.
— Jenny Holzer
Tags: poetry, death, alone, work
One of the glories and terrors of working in public is that you do see if your output means anything to anyone.
— Jenny Holzer
Tags: anything, see, your, you
I get up about four times a night and go back to sleep, or not. Then I swill tea around 8 a.m. I answer e-mail, while I stall thinking about whatever scares me.
— Jenny Holzer
Tags: night, sleep, thinking, me
I'd been doing projects outdoors for the public. I made pigeons eat geometry by putting bread out in rhomboids and triangles. I don't know if this activity made sense, but the work was available.
— Jenny Holzer
Tags: bread, doing, know, work
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