TRUISMS

1977-79

ABUSE OF POWER COMES AS NO SURPRISE

ACTION CAUSES MORE TROUBLE THAN THOUGHT

ALIENATION PRODUCES ECCENTRICS OR REVOLUTIONARIES

ALL THINGS ARE DELICATELY INTERCONNECTED

AN ELITE IS INEVITABLE

ANY SURPLUS IS IMMORAL

AT TIMES INACTIVITY IS PREFERABLE TO MINDLESS FUNCTIONING

CATEGORIZING FEAR IS CALMING

DESCRIPTION IS MORE VALUABLE THAN METAPHOR

EATING TO MUCH IS CRIMINAL

ENJOY YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING ANYWAY

FATHERS OFTEN USE TOO MUCH FORCE

HIDING YOUR MOTIVES IS DESPICABLE

IDEALS ARE REPLACED BY CONVENTIONAL GOALS AT A CERTAIN AGE

IF YOU AREN'T POLITICAL YOUR PERSONAL LIFE SHOULD BE EXEMPLARY

IT IS A MAN'S FATE TO OUTSMART HIMSELF

LOVING ANIMALS IS A SUBSTITUTE ACTIVITY

MEN ARE NOT MONOGAMOUS BY NATURE

MUCH WAS DECIDED BEFORE YOU WERE BORN

MURDER HAS ITS SEXUAL SIDE

MYTHS MAKE REALITY MORE INTELLEGIBLE

OFTEN YOU SHOULD ACT LIKE YOU ARE SEXLESS

PEOPLE WHO DON'T WORK WITH THEIR HANDS ARE PARASITES

PRIVATE PROPERTY CREATED CRIME

RAISE BOYS AND GIRLS THE SAME WAY

ROMANTIC LOVE WAS INVENTED TO MANIPULATE WOMEN

SLIPPING INTO MADNESS IS GOOD FOR THE SAKE OF COMPARISON

SLOPPY THINKING GETS WORSE OVER TIME

THE WORLD OPERATES ACCORDING TO DISCOVERABLE LAWS

THERE'S A FINE LINE BETWEEN INFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA

TORTURE IS BARBARIC

WHEN SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAPPENS PEOPLE WAKE UP

WORDS TEND TO BE INADEQUATE

YOU ARE GUILELESS IN YOU DREAMS

YOUR OLDEST FEARS ARE THE WORST ONES

Jenny Holzer

Truisms 1977-79

Biënnale Venetië 1990