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Work Quotes by Sol LeWitt
- Once it is out of his hand the artist has no control over the way a viewer will perceive the work. Different people will understand…
- Also, since art is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction of the form only reinforces the concept. It is the…
- Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little.
- What the work of art looks like isn't too important. It has to look like something if it has a physical form. No matter what…
- A work of art may be understood as a conductor from the artist's mind to the viewer's. But it may never reach the viewer, or…
- The most interesting characteristic of the cube is that it is relatively uninteresting. Compared to any other three-dimensional form, the cube lacks any aggressive force,…
- In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work
- All intervening steps, scribbles, sketches, drawings, failed work models, studies thoughts, conversations, are of interest. Those that show the thought process of the artist are…
- Your work isn't a high stakes, nail-biting professional challenge. It's a form of play. Lighten up and have fun with it.
- You belong in the most secret part of you. Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world. If you…
- The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof of the System. The visual aspect can't be understood without…
- I became interested in making books, starting about 1965, when I did the Serial Project #1, deciding that I needed a small book to show…
More Work Quotes
- I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful. — Aaliyah
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. — Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. — Aristotle
- Well begun is half done. — Aristotle
- The end of labor is to gain leisure. — Aristotle