Art Quotes by Sol LeWitt

Sol LeWitt

I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art

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Ideas

Irony

Sol LeWitt

Ideas alone can be works of art; they are in a chain of development that may eventually find some form. All ideas need not be made physical.

Art

Ideas

Needs

Sol LeWitt

In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work

Art

Ideas

Important

Sol LeWitt

Just as the development of earth art and installation art stemmed from the idea of taking art out of the galleries, the basis of my involvement with public art is a continuation of wall drawings.

Art

Ideas

Wall

Sol LeWitt

Minimal art went nowhere.

Architecture

Art

Sol LeWitt

New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.

Affliction

Art

Ideas

Sol LeWitt

Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line.

Art

Drawing

Real

Sol LeWitt

One usually understands the art of the past by applying the conventions of the present thus misunderstanding the art of the past.

Art

Conventions

Past

Sol LeWitt

The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.

Art

Ideas

Machines

Sol LeWitt

The narrative of serial art works more like music than like literature.

Art

Literature

Narrative

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Art Quotes by Sol LeWitt

I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art

Ideas alone can be works of art; they are in a chain of development that may eventually find some form. All ideas need not be made physical.

In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work

Just as the development of earth art and installation art stemmed from the idea of taking art out of the galleries, the basis of my involvement with public art is a continuation of wall drawings.

Minimal art went nowhere.

New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas.

Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line.

One usually understands the art of the past by applying the conventions of the present thus misunderstanding the art of the past.

The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.

The narrative of serial art works more like music than like literature.

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William S. Burroughs

Van Deren Coke

John Berryman

Miguel de Unamuno

Maria Sharapova

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