I'm not knocking conceptual art; it's another department, but it doesn't move me like painting. — Paul Simonon Copy Share Image
I think the term 'conceptual art' is a useful term for writers, a basket to put people in, like Pop Art or… — John Baldessari Copy Share Image
If I had gone to art college and everybody was being a conceptual artist, I probably would have wanted to be a… — Roisin Murphy Copy Share Image
Conceptual art, for me, means work in which the idea is paramount and the material form is secondary, lightweight, ephemeral, cheap, unpretentious… — Lucy R. Lippard Copy Share Image
John Baldessari, the 79-year-old conceptualist, has spent more than four decades making laconic, ironic conceptual art-about-art, both good and bad. — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
I didn't know anything about conceptual art when I left Kansas. I went to Cal Arts to be a painter, but the… — David Salle Copy Share Image
When I go to galleries in New York, I feel like I'm in school. I know that there's good contemporary conceptual art,… — Kyp Malone Copy Share Image
I didn't want to pretend to be a conceptual artist that charges $10,000 for an experience. It's just not what I am.… — Alec Soth Copy Share Image
The idea of making [conceptual] art was not a good way to approach things... Instead I saw myself as trying to make… — Sandy Skoglund Copy Share Image
What art is not processed? "Conceptual art." Somebody making a painting has to conceive of the size. I don't understand where these… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
“Passing from legality to subversion, the need of finding a minimum stimulus with a maximum effect appears—an effect that through its impact… — Luis Camnitzer Copy Share Image
“They include conceptual artist and “environmental music” composer Annea Lockwood, who created a work entitled Piano Burning. Debuted in London in 1968,… — Stuart Isacoff Copy Share Image
Obviously my own work comes from a conceptual art tradition, but I love the graffiti artists, and I feel spiritually closer to… — Robert Montgomery Copy Share Image
I remember going into galleries and seeing this thing called conceptual art, and I understand people's marginalization from what the art subculture… — Barbara Kruger Copy Share Image
All of the significant art of today stems from Conceptual art. This includes the art of installation, political, feminist and socially directed… — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
The most important lesson I received from Conceptual art consisted in the recording of simple and obvious things, and viewing them under… — Luigi Ghirri Copy Share Image
I'm not creating art that starts with politics or starts with ethics. I feel I am a conceptual artist because my art… — Vik Muniz Copy Share Image
Great art - or good art - is when you look at it, experience it and it stays in your mind. I… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
After a few months in my parents' basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Citizen's Band radio renders one accessible to a wide variety of people from all walks of life. It should not be forgotten… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
I've come up through art school, through painting, through graphic design, through advertising, through TV commercials and music video. I've designed books,… — Tony Kaye Copy Share Image
The precision of their goals allows conceptual artists to be satisfied that they have produced one or more works that achieve a… — David Galenson Copy Share Image
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