Sol LeWitt quotes - page 2

The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof of the System. The visual aspect can't be understood without understanding the system. It isn't what it looks like but what it is that is of basic importance. (Sol LeWitt)
Every generation renews itself in its own way; there's always a reaction against whatever is standard. View quote
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Unless you're involved with thinking about what you're doing, you end up doing the same thing over and over, and that becomes tedious and, in the end, defeating. View quote
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During the '70s I was interested in words and meaning as a way of making art. View quote
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I believe that the artist's involvement in the capitalist structure is disadvantageous to the artist and forces him to produce objects in order to live. View quote
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I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art. View quote
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I didn't want to save art - I respected the older artists too much to think art needed saving. But I knew it was finished, even though, at that time, I didn't know what I would do. View quote
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The artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns our refrigerators. View quote
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I became interested in making books, starting about 1965, when I did the Serial Project #1, deciding that I needed a small book to show how the work could be understood and how the system worked. View quote
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