“Genitive is a funny word because it means "from," but it also is the gender in European languages for objects: the masculine, feminine, and neuter. So if you have a genitive present, there's room for everybody to fit in. I just did a project in Vienna about rock, paper, scissor; you change the gender and it simply changes the whole thing. Rock is no longer a male. It doesn't function the same way.” IfsWayMeanWholeLanguageRoomsRocksObjectsFitPaperProjectsFunctionMalesGenderFeminineMasculineVienna 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
“I only work in relation to what the work is about. Yes, of course, if the world's coming to an end I would basically try to get out of the way when the sky falls.” IfsWorldWayTryingEndsFallCoursesSkyRelationComing To An End 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
