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Sol LeWitt quotes: When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

Sol LeWitt quotes: Minimal art went nowhere.

Minimal art went nowhere.

Sol LeWitt quotes: One usually understands the art of the past by applying the conventions of the present thus misunderstanding the art of the past.

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

Sol LeWitt quotes: Formal art is essentially rational.

Formal art is essentially rational.

Sol LeWitt quotes: An architect doesn't go off with a shovel and dig his foundation and lay every brick. He's still an artist.

An architect doesn't go off with a shovel and dig his foundation and lay every brick. He's still an artist.

Sol LeWitt quotes: I wasn't really that interested in objects. I was interested in ideas.

I wasn't really that interested in objects. I was interested in ideas.

Sol LeWitt quotes: Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line.

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

Sol LeWitt quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: The idea part is simple but the visual perception is complex.

The idea part is simple but the visual perception is complex.

Sol LeWitt quotes: One should be intelligent enough to know when not to be too intellectual

One should be intelligent enough to know when not to be too intellectual

Sol LeWitt quotes: Every generation renews itself in its own way; there's always a reaction against whatever is standard.

Every generation renews itself in its own way; there's always a reaction against whatever is standard.

Sol LeWitt quotes: 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 quotes: You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas.

You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas.

Sol LeWitt quotes: The thinking of John Cage derived from Duchamp and Dada. I was not interested in that.

The thinking of John Cage derived from Duchamp and Dada. I was not interested in that.

Sol LeWitt quotes: Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.

Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.

Sol LeWitt quotes: 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 quotes: The idea becomes a machine that makes art.

The idea becomes a machine that makes art.

Sol LeWitt quotes: Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.

Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach.

Sol LeWitt quotes: Conceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years its real impetus.

Conceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years its real impetus.

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 quotes: Artists of many diverse types began using simple forms to their own ends.

Artists of many diverse types began using simple forms to their own ends.

Sol LeWitt quotes: Don't worry about cool, make your own uncool.

Don't worry about cool, make your own uncool.

Sol LeWitt quotes: Banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution.

Banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution.

Sol LeWitt quotes: 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 quotes: Your work isn't a high stakes, nail-biting professional challenge. It's a form of play. Lighten up and have fun with it.

Your work isn't a high stakes, nail-biting professional challenge. It's a form of play. Lighten up and have fun with it.

Sol LeWitt quotes: Conceptual art is only good if the idea is good.

Conceptual art is only good if the idea is good.

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

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

Sol LeWitt quotes: What the work of art looks like isn't too important.

What the work of art looks like isn't too important.

Sol LeWitt quotes: 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.

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.

Sol LeWitt quotes: In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work

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

Sol LeWitt quotes: The artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns our refrigerators.

The artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns our refrigerators.

Sol LeWitt quotes: Minimalism wasn't a real idea - it ended before it started.

Minimalism wasn't a real idea - it ended before it started.

Sol LeWitt quotes: 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 quotes: Irrational judgements lead to new experience.

Irrational judgements lead to new experience.