The artist is seen like a producer of commodities, like a factory that turns our refrigerators.

Quote by Sol LeWitt

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The other great development has been in photography, but that too was influenced by Conceptual...

The other great development has been in photography, but that too was influenced by Conceptual...

I became interested in making books, starting about 1965, when I did the Serial Project...

I became interested in making books, starting about 1965, when I did the Serial Project...

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...

Minimal art went nowhere.

Minimal art went nowhere.

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...