In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work Sol LeWitt More Quotes by Sol LeWitt More Quotes From Sol LeWitt Irrational judgements lead to new experience. Sol LeWitt irrationalnew-experiencesjudgement Banal ideas cannot be rescued by beautiful execution. Sol LeWitt executionbeautifulideas Artists of many diverse types began using simple forms to their own ends. Sol LeWitt artistendssimple I believe that the artist's involvement in the capitalist structure is disadvantageous to the artist and forces him to produce objects in order to live. Sol LeWitt artistorderbelieve The thinking of John Cage derived from Duchamp and Dada. I was not interested in that. Sol LeWitt cagesnot-interestedthinking An architect doesn't go off with a shovel and dig his foundation and lay every brick. He's still an artist. Sol LeWitt bricksfoundationartist I didn't want to save art - I respected the older artists too much to think art needed saving. But I knew it was finished, even though, at that time, I didn't know what I would do. Sol LeWitt savingartthinking The artist’s aim is not to instruct the viewer, but to give information, whether the viewer understands the information is incidental to the artist. Sol LeWitt informationartistgiving Conceptual art is only good if the idea is good. Sol LeWitt ifsideasart I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art Sol LeWitt ironyideasart Formal art is essentially rational. Sol LeWitt rationalformalart The artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns out refrigerators. Sol LeWitt refrigeratorscommodityartist The narrative of serial art works more like music than like literature. Sol LeWitt narrativeliteratureart The artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns our refrigerators. Sol LeWitt producerseenlikeartist 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 how the work could be understood and how the system worked. Sol LeWitt projectsmallworkbook
