Like the people that in the 60s or 70s claimed the "end of painting" - all they did was open up a whole new branch for painting. Happily, it doesn't work. It's not a reason for art. Closing something out… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
In my work, it's simultaneously realities, instead of parallel. Simultaneous avoids the problem of alternate reality. In parallel reality, there's always a hierarchy, and there doesn't necessarily have to be a hierarchy. When you're in a palace like Blenheim, you're… — 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… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
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,… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
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
![“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…” quote by Lawrence Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/de8/lawrence-weiner-17466_artist_what-interested-me-the-most-was-that-whe_152283.jpg)
