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

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

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 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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.