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> [I liked that the work itself was something other than simply what you saw It meant you could have an art work which was that idea of an art work, and its formal components weren't important.](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/)

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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/)

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

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