Sol LeWitt's Profile
Brief about Sol LeWitt: By info that we know Sol LeWitt was born at 1928-09-09. And also Sol LeWitt is American Artist.
Some Sol LeWitt's quotes. Goto "Sol LeWitt's quotation" section for more.A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.
Tags: Another, Art, MindThe narrative of serial art works more like music than like literature.
Tags: Art, Literature, MusicIn my case, I used the elements of these simple forms - square, cube, line and color - to produce logical systems. Most of these systems were finite; that is, they were complete using all possible variations. This kept them simple.
Tags: Possible, Simple, UsedJust 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.
Tags: Art, Earth, IdeaUnless 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.
Tags: End, Thinking, UnlessAll of the significant art of today stems from Conceptual art. This includes the art of installation, political, feminist and socially directed art.
Tags: Art, Political, TodayArtists of many diverse types began using simple forms to their own ends.
Tags: Artists, Simple, UsingArtists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.
Tags: Artists, Critics, TeachConceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years its real impetus.
Tags: Art, Idea, RealDuring the '70s I was interested in words and meaning as a way of making art.
Tags: Art, Making, WordsEvery generation renews itself in its own way; there's always a reaction against whatever is standard.
Tags: Against, Generation, WhateverI was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art.
Tags: Art, Idea, WantedThe artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns our refrigerators.
Tags: Artist, Producer, SeenThe other great development has been in photography, but that too was influenced by Conceptual art.
Tags: Art, Great, InfluencedThe thinking of John Cage derived from Duchamp and Dada. I was not interested in that.
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