I only work in relation to what the work is about. Yes, of course, if the world's coming to an end I would basically try to get out of the way when the sky falls. — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
In my eyes, making art is very often about something that you don't know. — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
I think there should be a reworking of the value structure of art. The value is when the artist makes a first engagement with… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
I think it's a waste of time to worry about the motives of why people are supportive of things. I think we should look… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
What interested me the most was that when I [traveled to Europe] I knew what Joseph Beuys was doing, he knew what I was doing, and we both, we just started to talk. How did I know what Daniel Buren was doing, and to an extent, he knew exactly what I was doing? How did everybody know? It's an interesting… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share
We were brought up in a world which was based on Aristotle. Science-wise and everything, that's really quite exciting and you learn a lot.… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
There is a discrepancy of somebody going to an art dealer and promising what they'll make for the next three years. And I'm old… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
I'm not against art fairs, in fact this last one I even made money, but the concept is really disgusting. If you're that rich… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
People, buying my stuff, can take it wherever they go and can rebuild it if they choose. If they keep it in their heads,… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
The concept of who your audience is becomes more important than your site. Sometimes you can be commissioned to do a piece in Strasburg, and it works. Sometimes you're commissioned to do a piece somewhere else and it doesn't work, but then it moves to another city, the people embrace it, and becomes part of them. You just misjudged the… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share
What art is not processed? "Conceptual art." Somebody making a painting has to conceive of the size. I don't understand where these words came… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
