Artists of many diverse types began using simple forms to their own ends.

Quote by Sol LeWitt

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Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.

Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them.

I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea...

I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea...

I didn't want to save art - I respected the older artists too much to...

I didn't want to save art - I respected the older artists too much to...

In my case, I used the elements of these simple forms - square, cube, line...

In my case, I used the elements of these simple forms - square, cube, line...

Minimal art went nowhere.

Minimal art went nowhere.

Every generation renews itself in its own way; there's always a reaction against whatever is...

Every generation renews itself in its own way; there's always a reaction against whatever is...

The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof...

The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof...

Just as the development of earth art and installation art stemmed from the idea of...

Just as the development of earth art and installation art stemmed from the idea of...

You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas.

You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas.

Also, since art is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction...

Also, since art is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction...

The thinking of John Cage derived from Duchamp and Dada. I was not interested in...

The thinking of John Cage derived from Duchamp and Dada. I was not interested in...

Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little.

Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little.

The narrative of serial art works more like music than like literature.

The narrative of serial art works more like music than like literature.

All of the significant art of today stems from Conceptual art. This includes the art...

All of the significant art of today stems from Conceptual art. This includes the art...

Minimalism wasn't a real idea - it ended before it started.

Minimalism wasn't a real idea - it ended before it started.

During the '70s I was interested in words and meaning as a way of making...

During the '70s I was interested in words and meaning as a way of making...

I believe that the artist's involvement in the capitalist structure is disadvantageous to the artist...

I believe that the artist's involvement in the capitalist structure is disadvantageous to the artist...

Conceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years...

Conceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years...

Unless you're involved with thinking about what you're doing, you end up doing the same...

Unless you're involved with thinking about what you're doing, you end up doing the same...

A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed...

A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed...