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> [I am only describing language, not explaining anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-kosuth/i-am-only-describing-language-not-explaining-anything/)

[Joseph Kosuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-kosuth/)

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## More by Joseph Kosuth

> [Seeing is not as simple as looking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-kosuth/seeing-is-not-as-simple-as-looking/)

[Joseph Kosuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-kosuth/)

> [Anything can be art. Art is the relations between relations, not the relations between objects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-kosuth/anything-can-be-art-art-is-the-relations-between-relations-not-the/)

[Joseph Kosuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-kosuth/)

> [That celebrated marriage of science and art, photography, seemed at the time to join together how we look at the world, art, with how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-kosuth/that-celebrated-marriage-of-science-and-art-photography-seemed-at-the/)

[Joseph Kosuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-kosuth/)

> [Forget your ideas about art. Make a shopping list of everything you like about what you've done. Include qualities that you've seen in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-kosuth/forget-your-ideas-about-art-make-a-shopping-list-of-everything-you/)

[Joseph Kosuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-kosuth/)

> [I am only describing language, not explaining anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-kosuth/i-am-only-describing-language-not-explaining-anything/)

[Joseph Kosuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-kosuth/)

> [I liked that the work itself was something other than simply what you saw It meant you could have an art work which was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-kosuth/i-liked-that-the-work-itself-was-something-other-than-simply-what-you/)

[Joseph Kosuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-kosuth/)

> [Making something new to look at is a futile and empty act if its only audience is the eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-kosuth/making-something-new-to-look-at-is-a-futile-and-empty-act-if-its-only/)

[Joseph Kosuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-kosuth/)

> [Unlike the marks of a painting, the photo seems to organize its 'opinions' in relation to the world; even when the photographs have clearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-kosuth/unlike-the-marks-of-a-painting-the-photo-seems-to-organize-its/)

[Joseph Kosuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-kosuth/)

> [When objects are presented within the context of art (and until recently objects always have been used) they are as eligible for aesthetic consideration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-kosuth/when-objects-are-presented-within-the-context-of-art-and-until/)

[Joseph Kosuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-kosuth/)

> [Photography, as an invention, was both art and science. The view it gave us of the world was in some measure acceptable because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-kosuth/photography-as-an-invention-was-both-art-and-science-the-view-it-gave/)

[Joseph Kosuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-kosuth/)

> [“The 'value' of particular artists after Duchamp can be weighed according to how much they questioned the nature of art.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-kosuth/the-value-of-particular-artists-after-duchamp-can-be-weighed/)

[Joseph Kosuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-kosuth/)

> [All art (after Duchamp) is conceptual (in nature) because art only exists conceptually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-kosuth/all-art-after-duchamp-is-conceptual-in-nature-because-art-only-exists/)

[Joseph Kosuth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-kosuth/)

> [Change art to include yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-kosuth/change-art-to-include-yourself/)

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