“What interested me the most was that when I [traveled to Europe] I knew what Joseph Beuys was doing, he knew what I was doing, and we both, we just started to talk. How did I know what Daniel Buren was doing, and to an extent, he knew exactly what I was doing? How did everybody know? It's an interesting thing. I'm still fascinated by it because, why is it now, with the Internet and everything else, you get whole groups of artists who have chosen to be regional? They really are only with the people they went to school with.” PeopleKnowsStillsWholeSchoolArtistInterestingGroupsInternetEuropeChosenFascinatedTraveledInteresting Things Author:Lawrence Weiner
“The art schools seem to be trying to turn people out as "professional." But I don't know what the word "professional" means any longer. "Professional" would be somebody who was trying to push painting to a point that nobody else could do as well as he could. That would be my ideal professional.” PeopleKnowsTryingWellsMeanArtSeemsWould BeSchoolTurnsPaintingIdealsArt School Author:Lawrence Weiner
“There is a discrepancy of somebody going to an art dealer and promising what they'll make for the next three years. And I'm old fashioned that way; I think that every exhibition you make is supposed to put you in the world, that the next exhibition is spinning off of that. It's almost like a riff. And if you know what you're going to do for the next three years, why don't just do it the final point? You would think, in a progressive situation, that the final would be the best.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldWayYearsArtWould BeThreeNextSituationFinalsBeing The BestProgressiveThree YearsOld FashionedSpinningJust Do ItDealerExhibitionsDiscrepancies Author:Lawrence Weiner
“In my eyes, making art is very often about something that you don't know.” KnowsArtEyeArt Is Author:Lawrence Weiner
“Quantum physics - the idea that there is more than one reality going on at the same time in the same place. We live in a concentric society, and we'll have to make our decisions, cake as pie, as pending resolve. It's really and truly - I don't know if "as" will count any longer.” IfsKnowsIdeasRealityDecisionPhysicsResolveCakeQuantumPieQuantum PhysicsPending Author:Lawrence Weiner
“Once you know about a work of mine you own it. There's no way I can climb inside somebody's head and remove it.” KnowsWayI CanMinesClimbsRemove Author:Lawrence Weiner
