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Sol LeWitt
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“The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.”
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sol LeWitt (1965); quoted in: Joseph Kosuth, (1969), "Art after Philosophy
“The artist’s aim is not to instruct the viewer, but to give information, whether the viewer understands the information is incidental to the artist.”
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) first seen 1966 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Serial Project #1, 1966,” Aspen 5/6 (Fall/Winter 1967)
“Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.”
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 0-9 (New York), 1969, and Art-Language (England), May 1969
“The artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns our refrigerators. 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.”
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) first seen 1991 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: in: Art Institute of Chicago. Video Data Bank (1992), On Art and Artists. p. 1991
“The artist’s will is secondary to the process he initiates from idea to completion.. ..His wilfulness may only be ego.. ..The process is mechanical and should not be tampered with. It should run its course.”
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: as quoted in Gerhard Richter, Doubt and belief in painting, Robert Storr, MOMA, New York, 2003, p. 88, note 17
“In conceptual art the idea or the concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art. This kind of art is not theoretical or illustrative of theories; it is intuitive; it is involved with all types of mental processes and it is purposeless. It is usually free from the dependence on the skill of the artist as a craftsman.”
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: p. 80. Cited in: Diane Waldman. Carl Andre. Published 1970 by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. p. 7
“The ideas need not be complex. Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple. Successful ideas generally have the appearance of simplicity because they seem inevitable.”
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Minimal art went nowhere. Conceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years its real impetus. All of the significant art of today stems from Conceptual art. This includes the art of installation, political, feminist and socially directed art. The other great development has been in photography, but that too was influenced by Conceptual art.”
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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. As soon as one does work on walls, the idea of using the whole wall follows. It means that the art is intimately involved with the architecture. It is available to be seen by everyone. It avoids the preciousness of gallery or museum installations. Also, since art is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction of the form only reinforces the concept. It is the idea that is being reproduced. Anyone who understands the work of art owns it. We all own the Mona Lisa.”
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) said by 2007 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source