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> [I would imagine, a very large percentage of people who get something for art and they do something else, and they have some excess resources. And they trade those resources with artists whose work makes them feel good, or feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/i-would-imagine-a-very-large-percentage-of-people-who-get-something/)

[Lawrence Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-weiner/)

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## More by Lawrence Weiner

> [In my eyes, making art is very often about something that you don't know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/in-my-eyes-making-art-is-very-often-about-something-that-you-don-t/)

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> [I think there should be a reworking of the value structure of art. The value is when the artist makes a first engagement with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/i-think-there-should-be-a-reworking-of-the-value-structure-of-art-the/)

[Lawrence Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-weiner/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/i-think-it-s-a-waste-of-time-to-worry-about-the-motives-of-why-people/)

[Lawrence Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-weiner/)

> [ What interested me the most was that when I \[traveled to Europe\] I knew what Joseph Beuys was doing, he knew what I was… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/what-interested-me-the-most-was-that-when-i-traveled-to-europe-i-knew/)

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> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/we-were-brought-up-in-a-world-which-was-based-on-aristotle-science/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/there-is-a-discrepancy-of-somebody-going-to-an-art-dealer-and/)

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> [Skills come with age, but wisdom, I doubt it very, very much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/skills-come-with-age-but-wisdom-i-doubt-it-very-very-much/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/i-m-not-against-art-fairs-in-fact-this-last-one-i-even-made-money-but/)

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> [People, buying my stuff, can take it wherever they go and can rebuild it if they choose. If they keep it in their heads,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/people-buying-my-stuff-can-take-it-wherever-they-go-and-can-rebuild/)

[Lawrence Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-weiner/)

> [The concept of who your audience is becomes more important than your site. Sometimes you can be commissioned to do a piece in Strasburg,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/the-concept-of-who-your-audience-is-becomes-more-important-than-your/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/what-art-is-not-processed-conceptual-art-somebody-making-a-painting/)

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> [Art's supposed to build logic structures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/art-s-supposed-to-build-logic-structures/)

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> [There is a primacy of each individual object. And we'll see! That's the whole point of making sculpture, to present a question in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/there-is-a-primacy-of-each-individual-object-and-we-ll-see-that-s-the/)

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> [The art schools seem to be trying to turn people out as "professional." But I don't know what the word "professional" means any longer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/the-art-schools-seem-to-be-trying-to-turn-people-out-as-professional/)

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> [Genitive is a funny word because it means "from," but it also is the gender in European languages for objects: the masculine, feminine, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/genitive-is-a-funny-word-because-it-means-from-but-it-also-is-the/)

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