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> [Now "professional" seems to be whoever you went to school with. It constitutes your nuclear world. And that's the fault of the teachers; it's not the fault of the young artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-weiner/now-professional-seems-to-be-whoever-you-went-to-school-with-it/)

[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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

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

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

> [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/)

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

> [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/)

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

> [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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