Unless you're involved with thinking about what you're doing, you end up doing the same thing over and over, and that becomes tedious and, in the end, defeating.

Quote by Sol LeWitt

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Minimal art went nowhere.

Minimal art went nowhere.