Appropriate Quote by John Gossage

The idea of making [conceptual] art was not a good way to approach things... Instead I saw myself as trying to make something that…

— Sandy Skoglund

Conceptual art, for me, means work in which the idea is paramount and the material form is secondary, lightweight, ephemeral, cheap, unpretentious and/or ‘dematerialized’

— Lucy R. Lippard

Even though people think I am more of a conceptual artist, I am actually very intuitive. For me, it is still a matter of…

— Cornelia Parker

Conceptual art is only good if the idea is good.

— Sol LeWitt

Conceptual art' is an oxymoron. Concepts are articulations of fact or supposition, not attributes of quality.

— Walter Darby Bannard

Conceptual art, I don't even know what that is.

— Watkin Tudor Jones

Conceptual art is entirely word-bound. It is, in fact, the kind of art that is exhausted in its verbal description.

— Alexander Stoddart

I'm not creating art that starts with politics or starts with ethics. I feel I am a conceptual artist because my art is more…

— Vik Muniz

In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work

— Sol LeWitt

I think the term 'conceptual art' is a useful term for writers, a basket to put people in, like Pop Art or Impressionism or…

— John Baldessari

Almost every work of art is an analogy. When I make a representation of something, this too is an analogy to what exists; I…

— Gerhard Richter

I always thought there was a - even in the most, quote, "conceptual art," there is always a physical aspect to it. I never…

— Robert Barry