Sol LeWitt
Conceptual artist of wall drawings and modular structures.
Quotes by Sol LeWitt
The work of art is a logical progression.
The artist is a logician.
The work of art is a demonstration.
The artist's purpose is to reveal.
The work of art is an explanation.
The artist is a teacher.
The work of art is a lesson.
The artist's function is to clarify.
The work of art is a clarification.
The artist is a guide.
Ideas can be works of art; they are in a chain of development that may eventually find some form. All that is necessary is to keep thinking and working.
The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.
In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work.
If the artist changes his mind midway through the execution, he compromises his conception, and the result is not totally conceptual.
The execution is a perfunctory affair. The concept determines such things as materials, proportions, color, and space.
Rational judgments repeat rational judgments.
If words are used as a substitute for ideas, then the ideas must be of a nature that can be easily conveyed in a generally accepted linguistic form.
New materials are one of the great satisfactions in an artist's life.
The process is a means to an end.
Stop worrying... Just stop. Stop thinking that you have to justify what you do.