The thinking of John Cage derived from Duchamp and Dada. I was not interested in that. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
The artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns our refrigerators. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple. Successful ideas generally have the appearance of simplicity because they seem inevitable. In terms of idea… — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
In my case, I used the elements of these simple forms - square, cube, line and color - to produce logical systems. Most of… — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Conceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years its real impetus. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
The narrative of serial art works more like music than like literature. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Just as the development of earth art and installation art stemmed from the idea of taking art out of the galleries, the basis of… — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
I didn't want to save art - I respected the older artists too much to think art needed saving. But I knew it was… — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
One should be intelligent enough to know when not to be too intellectual — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
Your work isn't a high stakes, nail-biting professional challenge. It's a form of play. Lighten up and have fun with it. — Sol LeWitt Copy Share Image
