Author: Sol LeWitt

Quotes

During the '70s I was interested in words and meaning as a way of making art.

During the '70s I was interested in words and meaning as a way of making art.

- Sol LeWitt

The other great development has been in photography, but that too was influenced by Conceptual art.

The other great development has been in photography, but that too was influenced by Conceptual art.

- Sol LeWitt

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.

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.

- Sol LeWitt

All of the significant art of today stems from Conceptual art. This includes the art of installation, political, feminist and socially directed art.

All of the significant art of today stems from Conceptual art. This includes the art of installation, political, feminist and socially directed art.

- Sol LeWitt

Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little.

Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little.

- Sol LeWitt

Minimal art went nowhere.

Minimal art went nowhere.

- Sol LeWitt

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

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

- Sol LeWitt

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

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

- Sol LeWitt

A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.

A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.

- Sol LeWitt

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