New materials are one of the great afflictions of contemporary art. Some artists confuse new materials with new ideas. Sol LeWitt More Quotes by Sol LeWitt More Quotes From Sol LeWitt Obviously a drawing of a person is not a real person, but a drawing of a line is a real line. Sol LeWitt drawing real art 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 fear, make it work for you—draw and paint your fear and anxiety. Sol LeWitt anxiety secret worry A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form. Sol LeWitt mind men art When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art. Sol LeWitt mean ideas art Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Sol LeWitt uncool worry 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, implies no motion, and is least emotive. Therefore, it is the best form to use as a basic unit for any more elaborate function, the grammatical device from which the work may proceed. Sol LeWitt three use interesting 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 sometimes more interesting than the final product Sol LeWitt drawing artist interesting When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another. Sol LeWitt one-thing artist art Artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions that logic cannot reach. Sol LeWitt leap logic artist Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple Sol LeWitt successful simple ideas 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 understanding the system. It isn't what it looks like but what it is that is of basic importance. Sol LeWitt understanding looks art You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas. Sol LeWitt prisoner ideas Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple. Successful ideas generally have the appearance of simplicity because they seem inevitable. In terms of idea the artist is free to even surprise himself. Ideas are discovered by intuition. Sol LeWitt artist successful simple Your work isn't a high stakes, nail-biting professional challenge. It's a form of play. Lighten up and have fun with it. Sol LeWitt challenges play fun I wasn't really that interested in objects. I was interested in ideas. Sol LeWitt objects ideas Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them. Sol LeWitt teach artist thinking The idea part is simple but the visual perception is complex. Sol LeWitt perception simple ideas 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 it may never leave the artist's mind. Sol LeWitt mind may art One usually understands the art of the past by applying the conventions of the present thus misunderstanding the art of the past. Sol LeWitt conventions past art 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 the same thing in a different way. Sol LeWitt artist hands people
