Collab Fest 19 - 05.06.09

Jenny Holzer
TRUISMS (1979-1983)

# A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE CAN GO A LONG WAY
# A LOT OF PROFESSIONALS ARE CRACKPOTS
# A MAN CAN'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A MOTHER
# A NAME MEANS A LOT JUST BY ITSELF
# A POSITIVE ATTITUDE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD
# A RELAXED MAN IS NOT NECESSARILY A BETTER MAN
# A SENSE OF TIMING IS THE MARK OF A GENIUS
# A SINCERE EFFORT IS ALL YOU CAN ASK
# A SINGLE EVENT CAN HAVE INFINITELY MANY INTERPRETATIONS
# A SOLID HOME BASE BUILDS A SENSE OF SELF
# A STRONG SENSE OF DUTY IMPRISONS YOU
# ABSOLUTE SUBMISSION CAN BE A FORM OF FREEDOM
# ABSTRACTION IS A TYPE OF DECADENCE
# ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE
# ACTION CAUSES MORE TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT
# ALIENATION PROCUES ECCENTRICS OR REVOLUTIONARIES
# ALL THINGS ARE DELICATELY INTERCONNECTED
# AMBITION IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS COMPLACENCY
# AMBIVALENCE CAN RUIN YOUR LIFE
# AN ELITE IS INEVITABLE
# ANGER OR HATE CAN BE A USEFUL MOTIVATIVING FORCE
# ANIMALISM IS PERFECTLY HEALTHY
# ANY SURPLUS IS IMMORAL
# ANYTHING IS A LEGITIMATE AREA OF IN VESTIGATION
# ARTIFICIAL DESIRES ARE DESPOILING THE EARTH
# AT TIMES INACTIVITY IS PREFERABLE TO MINDLESS FUNCTIONING
# AT TIMES YOUR UNCONSCIOUS IS TRUER THAN YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND
# AUTOMATION IS DEADLY
# AWFUL PUNISHMENT AWAITS REALLY BAD PEOPLE
# BAD INTENTIONS CAN YIELD GOOD RESULTS
# BEING ALONE WITH YOURSELF IS INCREASINGLY UNPOPULAR
# BEING HAPPY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE
# BEING HONEST IS NOT ALWAYS THE KINDEST WAY
# BEING JUDGEMENTAL IS A SIGN OF LIFE
# BEING SURE OF YOURSELF MEANS YOU'RE A FOOL
# BELIEVING IN REBIRTH IS THE SAME AS ADMITTING DEFEAT
# BOREDOM MAKES YOU DO CRAZY THINGS
# CALM IS MORE CONDUCIVE TO CREATIVITY THAN IS ANXIETY
# CATERGORIZING FEAR IS CALMING
# CHANGE IS VALUABLE WHEN YHE OPRESSED BECOME THE TYRANTS
# CHASING THE NEW IS DANGEROUS TO SOCIETY
# CHILDREN ARE THE CRUELEST OF ALL
# CHILDREN ARE THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE
# CLASS ACTION IS A NICE IDEA WITH NO SUBSTANCE
# CLASS STRUCTIURE IS AS ARTIFICIAL AS PLASTIC
# CONFUSING YOURSELF IS A WAY TO STAY HONEST
# CRIME AGAINST PROPERTY IS RELATIVELY UNIMPORTANT
# DECADENCE CAN BE AN END IN ITSELF
# DECENY IS A RELATIVE THING
# DEPENDENCE CAN BE A MEAL TICKET
# DESCRIPTION IS MORE VALUABLE THAN METAPHOR
# DEVIANTS ARE SACRIFICED TO INCREASE GROUP SOLIDARITY
# DISGUST IS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO MOSE SITUATIONS
# DISORGANIZATION IS A KIND OF ANESTHESIA
# DON'T PLACE TOO MUCH TRUST IN EXPERTS
# DON'T RUIN PEOPLE'S LIVES FOR THEM
# DRAMA OFTEN OBSCURES THE REAL ISSUES
# DREAMING WHILE AWAKE IS A FRIGHTENING CONTRADICTION
# DYING AND COMING BACK GIVES YOU CONSIDERABLE PERSPECTIVE
# DYING SHOULD BE EASY AS FALLING OFF A LOG
# EATING TOO MUCH IS CRIMINAL
# ELABORATION IS A FORM OF POLLUTION
# EMOTIONAL RESPONSES ARE AS VAULABLE AS INTELLECTUAL RESPONSES
# ENJOY YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING ANYWAY
# ENSURE THAT YOUR LIFE STAYS IS FLUX
# EVEN YOUR FAMILY CAN BETRAY YOU
# EVERY ACHIEVMENT REQUIRES A SACRIFICE
# EVERYONE'S WORK IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT
# EVERYTHING THAT'S INTERESTING IS NEW
# EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE DESERVE SPECIAL CONSESSIONS
# EXPIRING FOR LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL BUT STUPID
# EXPRESSING ANGER IS NECESSARY
# EXTREME BEHAVIOR HAS ITS BASIS IN PATHOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
# EXTREME SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS LEADS TO PERVERSION
# FAITHFULNESS IS A SOCIAL NOT A BIOLOGICAL LAW
# FAKE OR REAL INDIFFERENCE IS A POWERFUL PERSONAL WEAPON
# FATHERS OFTEN USE TOO MUCH FORCE
# FEAR IS TEH GREATEST INCAPACITATOR
# FREEDOM IS A LUXURY NOT A NECESSITY
# GIVING FREE REIN TO YOUR EMOTIONS IS AN HONEST WAY TO LIVE
# GO ALL OUT IN ROMANCE AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY
# GOING WITH THE FLOW IS SOOTHING BUT RISKY
# GOOD DEEDS EVENTUALLY ARE REWARDED
# GOVERNMENT IS A BURDEN ON THE PEOPLE
# GRASS ROOTS AGITATION IS THE ONLY HOPE
# GUILT AND SELF-LACERATION ARE INDULGENCES
# HABITUAL CONTEMPT DOESN'T REFLECT A FINER SENSIBILITY
# HIDING YOUR MOTIVES IS DESPICABLE
# HOLDING BACK PROTECTS YOUR VITAL ENERGIES
# HUMANISM IS OBSELETE
# HUMOR IS A RELEASE
# IDEALS ARE REPLACED BY CONVENTIONAL GOALS AT A CERTAIN AGE
# IF YOU AREN'T POLITICAL YOUR PERSONAL LIFE SHOULD BE EXEMPLARY
# IF YOU CAN'T LEAVE YOUR MARK GIVE UP
# IF YOU HAVE MANY DESIRES LIFE WILL BE INTERESTING
# IF YOU LIVE SIMPLY THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT
# IGNORING ENEMIES IS THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT
# ILLNESS IS A STATE OF MIND
# IMPOSING ORDER IS MAN'S VOCATION FOR CHAOS IS HELL
# IN SOME INSTANCES IT'S BETTER TO DIE THAN TO CONTINUE
# INHERITANCE MUST BE ABOLISHED
# IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO KEEP GOING NO MATTER WHAT
# IT IS HEROICE TO TRY TO STOP TIME
# IT IS MAN'S FATE TO OUTSMART HIMSELF
# IT'S A GIFT TO THE WORLD NO TO HAVE BABIES
# IT'S BETTER TO BE A GOOD PERSON THAN A FAMOUS PERSON
# IT'S BETTER TO BE LONELY THAN TO BE WITH INFERIOR PEOPLE
# IT'S BETTER TO BE NAIVE THAN JADED
# IT'S BETTER TO STUDY THE LIVING TFACT THAN TO ANALYZE HISTORY
# IT'S CRUCIAL TO HAVE AN ACTIVE FANTASY LIFE
# IT'S GOOD TO GIVE EXTRA MONEY TO CHARITY
# IT'S IMPORTANT TO STAY CLEAN ON ALL LEVELS
# IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO RECONCILE YOUR HEART AND HEAD
# IT'S JUST AN ACCIDENT YOUR PARENTS ARE YOUR PARENTS
# IT'S NOT GOOD TO HOLD TOO MANY ABSOLUTES
# IT'S NOT GOOD TO OPERATE ON CREDIT
# IT'S VITAL TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH NATURE
# JUST BELIEVING SOMETHING CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN
# KEEP SOMETHING IN RESERVE FOR EMERGENCIES
# KILLING IS UNAVOIDABLE BUT IS NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF
# KNOWING YOURSELF LETS YOU UNDERSTAND OTHERS
# KNOWLEDGE SHOULD BE ADVANCED AT ALL COSTS
# LABOR IS A LIFE DESTROYING ACTIVITY
# LACK OF CHARISMA CAN BE FATAL
# LEARN THING FROM THE GROUND UP
# LEARN TO TRUST YOUR OWN EYES
# LEISURE TIME IS A GIGANTIC SMOKESCREEN
# LETTING GO IS THE HARDEST THING TO DO
# LISTEN WHEN YOUR BODY TALKS
# LOOKING BACK IS THE FIRST SIGN OF AGING AND DECAY
# LOVING ANIMALS IS A SUBSITUTE ACTIVITY
# LOW EXPECTATIONS ARE GOOD PROTECTION
# MANUAL LABOR CAN BE REFRESHING AND WHOLESOME
# MEN ARE NOT MONOGAMOUS BY NATURE
# MODERATION KILLS THE SPIRIT
# MONEY CREATES TASTE
# MONOMANIA IS A PREREQUISITE OF SUCCESS
# MORALS ARE FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
# MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT FIT TO RULE THEMSELVES
# MOSTLY YOU SHOULD MIND YOUR OWN BUISNESS
# MOTHERS SHOULDN'T MAKE TOO MANY SACRIFICES
# MUCH WAS DECIDED BEFORE YOU WHERE BORN
# MURDER HAS ITS SEXUAL SIDE
# MYTHS MAKE REALITY MORE INTELLIGIBLE
# NOISE CAN BE HOSTILE
# NOTHING UPSETS THE BALANCE OF GOOD AND EVIL
# OCCASIONALLY PRINCIPLES ARE MORE VALUABLE THAN PEOPLE
# OFFER VERY LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT YOURSELF
# OFTEN YOU SHOULD ACT LIKE UOU ARE SEXLESS
# OLD FRIENDS ARE BETTER LEFT IN THE PAST
# OPACITY IS AN IRRESISTIBLE CHALLENGE
# PAIN CAN BE A VERY POSITIVE THING
# PEOPLE ARE BORING UNLESS THEY ARE EXTREMISTS
# PEOPLE ARE NUTS IF THEY THINK THEY ARE IMPORTANT
# PEOPLE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT THEY DO UNLESS THEY'RE INSANE
# PEOPLE WHO DON'T WORK WITH THEIR HANDS ARE PARASITES
# PEOPLE GO CRAZY ARE TOO SENSITIVE
# PEOPLE WON'T BEHAVE IF THEY HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE
# PHYSICAL CULTURE IS SECOND-BEST
# PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE IS ESCAPISM
# PLAYING IT SAFE CAN CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE IN THE LONG RUN
# POLITICS IS USED FOR PERSONAL GAIN
# POTENTIAL COUNTS FOR NOTHING UNTIL IT'S REALIZED
# PRESENTATION IS AS IMPORTANT AS CONTENT
# PURSUING PLEASURE FOR THE SAKE OF PLEASURE WILL RUIN YOU
# PUSH YOURSELF TO THE LIMIT AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE
# RAISE BOYS AND GIRLS THE SAME WAY
# RANDOM MATING IS GOOD FOR DEBUNKING SEX MYTHS
# RECHANNELING DESTRUCTIVE IMPULSES IS A SIGN OF MATURITY
# RECLUSES ALWAYS GET WEAK
# REDISTRIBUTING WEALTH IS IMPERATIVE
# REALITIVITY IS NO BOON TO MANKIND
# RELIGION CAUSES AS MANY PROBLEMS AS IT SOLVES
# REMEMBER YOU ALWAYS HAVE FREEDOM OF CHOICE
# REPETITION IS THE BEST WAY TO LEARN
# RESOLUTIONS SERVE TO EASE YOUR CONSCIENCE
# REVOLUTION BEGINS WITH THE CHANGES IN THE INDIVIDUAL
# ROMANTIC LOVE WAS INVENTED TO MANIPULATE WOMEN
# ROUTINE IS A LINK WITH THE PAST
# ROUTINE SMALL EXCESSES ARE WORSE THAN THE OCCASIONAL DEBAUCH
# SACRIFICING YOURSELF FOR A BAD CAUSE IS NOT A MORAL ACT
# SALVATION CAN'T BE BOUGHT AND SOLD
# SELF-AWARENESS CAN BE CRIPPLING
# SELF-CONTEMPT CAN DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD
# SELFISHNESS IS THE MOST BASIC MOTIVATION
# SELFLESSNESS IS THE HIGHEST ACHIEVMENT
# SEPRATISM IS THE WAY TO A NEW BEGINNING
# SEX DIFFERENCES ARE HERE TO STAY
# SIN IS A MEANS OF SOCIAL CONTROL
# SLIPPING INTO MADNESS IS GOOD FOR THE SAKE OF COMPARISON
# SLOPPY THINKING GETS WORSE OVER TIME
# SOLITUDE IS ENRICHING
# SOME STONES ARE BETTER LEFT UNTURNED
# SOME WOUNDS NEVER HEAL
# SOMETIMES ALL YOU CAN DO IS LOOK THE OTHER WAY
# SOMETIMES SCIENCE ADVANCES FASTER THAN IT SHOULD
# SOMETIMES THINGS SEEMS TO HAPPEN OF THEIR OWN ACCORD
# SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON SELF-IMPROVEMENT IS ANTI-SOCIAL
# STARVATION IS NATURE'S WAY
# STATIS IS A DREAM STATE
# STERLIZATION IS THE WEAPON OF THE RULERS
# STRONG EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT STEMS FROM BASIC INSECURITY
# STUPID PEOPLE SHOULDN'T BREED
# SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST APPLIES TO MEN AND ANIMALS
# SYMBOLS ARE MORE MEANINGFUL THAN THINGS THEMSELVES
# TAKING A STRONG STAND PUBLICIZES THE OPPOSITE POSITION
# TALKING IS USED TO HIDE ONE'S INABILITY TO ACT
# TEASING PEOPLE SEXUALLY CAN HAVE UGLY CONSEQUENCES
# TECHNOLOGY WILL MAKE OR BREAK US
# THE CRUELEST DISAPPOINTMENT IS WHEN YOU LET YOURSELF DOWN
# THE DESIRE TO REPRODUCE IS A DEATH WISH
# THE FAMILY IS LIVING ON BORROWED TIME
# THE IDEA OF REVOLUTION IS AN ADOLESCENT FANTASY
# THE IDEA OF TRANSCENDENCE IS USED TO OBSCURE OPPRESSION
# THE IDIOSYNCRATIC HAS LOST ITS AUTHORITY
# THE LAND BELONGS TO NO ONE
# THE MORE YOU KNOW THE BETTER YOU ARE
# THE MOST PROFOUND THINGS ARE INEXPRESSIBLE
# THE MUNDANE IS TO BE CHERISHED
# THE NEW IS NOTHING BUT A RESTATEMENT OF THE OLD
# THE ONLY WAY TO BE PURE IS TO STAY YOURSELF
# THE SUM OF ALL YOUR ACTIONS DETERMINES WHAT YOU ARE
# THE UNATTAINABLE INVARIABLE IS ATTRACTIVE
# THE WORLD OPERATES ACCORDING TO DISCOVERABLE LAWS
# THERE ARE TOO FEW IMMUTABLE TRUTHS TODAY
# THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN INFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA
# THERE'S NO SENSE BEING ANYWHERE BUT THE TOP OF THE HEAP
# THERE'S NOTHING EXCEPT WHAT YOU SENSE
# THERE'S NOTHING REDEEMING IN TOIL
# THINKING TOO MUCH CAN ONLY CAUSE PROBLEMS
# THREATENING SOMEONE SEXUALLY IS A HORRIBLE ACT
# TIMIDITY IS LAUGHABLE
# TO DISAGREE PRESUPPOSES MORAL INTREGRITY
# TO VOLUNTEER IS REACTIONARY
# TORTURE IS BARBARIC
# TRADING A LIFE FOR A LIFE IS FAIR ENOUGH
# TRUE FREEDOM IS FRIGHTFUL
# UNIQUE THINGS MUST BE THE MOST VALUABLE
# UNQUESTIONING LOVE DEMONSTRATES THE LARGESSE OF SPIRIT
# USING FORCE TO STOP FORCE IS ABSURD
# VIOLENCE IS PERMISSIBLE EVEN DESIRABLE OCCASIONALLY
# WAR IS THE PURIFICATION RITE
# WE MUST MAKE SACRIFICES TO MAINTAIN OUR QUALITY OF LIFE
# WHEN SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS PEOPLE WAKE UP
# WISHING THINGS AWAY IS NOT EFFECTIVE
# WITH PERSEVERANCE YOU CAN DISCOVER ANY TRUTH
# WORDS TEND TO BE INADEQUATE
# WORRYING CAN HELP YOU PREPARE
# YOU ARE A VICTIM OF THE RULES YOU LIVE BY
# YOU ARE GUIELESS IN YOUR DREAMS
# YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSTITUTING THE MEANING OF THINGS
# YOU ARE THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
# YOU CAN LIVE THROUGH YOUR DESCENDANTS
# YOU CAN NEVER OUTRUN YOURSELF
# YOU CAN PULL YOURSELF OUT OF ANY HOLE
# YOU CAN'T EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE SOMETHING THEY'RE NOT
# YOU CAN'T FOOL OTHERS IF YOU'RE FOOLING YOURSELF
# YOU DIG YOUR OWN GRAVE
# YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WHAT UNTIL YOU SUPPORT YOURSELF
# YOU GET THE FACE YOU DESERVE
# YOU HAVE TO HURT OTHERS TO BE EXTRODINARY
# YOU MUST BE INTIMATE WITH A TOKEN FEW
# YOU MUST DISAGREE WITH AUTHORITY FIGURES
# YOU MUST HAVE ONE GRAND PASSION
# YOU MUST KNOW WHERE YOU STOP AND THE WORLD BEGINS
# YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT PEOPLE REALLY THINK ABOUT YOU
# YOU ONLY CAN UNDERSTAND SOMEONE OF YOUR OWN SEX
# YOU OWN THE WORLD NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND
# YOU SHOULD TRAVEL LIGHT
# YOU SHOULD STUDY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
# YOUR ACTIONS ARE POINTLESS IF NO ONE NOTICES
# YOUR OLDEST FEARS ARE THE WORST ONES