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

Quote by Sol LeWitt

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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...

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

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

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.

Minimal art went nowhere.

Minimal art went nowhere.

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...

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...

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing...

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing...

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...