Sol LeWitt Quotes

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Sol LeWitt, born on September 9, 1928, and died on April 8, 2007, was a renowned American conceptual artist. His works are known for their abstract and conceptual nature, particularly for his contributions to wall painting. LeWitt's art emphasizes ideas and processes over traditional aesthetic values.

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Famous Sol LeWitt Quotes

“The system is the work of art; the visual work of art is the proof of the System. The visual aspect can't be understood without understanding the system. It isn't what it looks like but what it is that is of basic importance.”

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“What the work of art looks like isn't too important.”

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Book:Sol Lewitt: critical texts

Source: Sol Lewitt: critical texts

“Also, since art is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction of the form only reinforces the concept. It is the idea that is being reproduced. Anyone who understands the work of art owns it. We all own the Mona Lisa.”

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“Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little.”

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“Ideas alone can be works of art; they are in a chain of development that may eventually find some form. All ideas need not be made physical.”

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Book:Sol Lewitt: critical texts

Source: Sol Lewitt: critical texts

“What the work of art looks like isn't too important. It has to look like something if it has a physical form. No matter what form it may finally have it must begin with an idea. It is the process of conception and realization with which the artist is concerned.”

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Book:Sol Lewitt: critical texts

Source: Sol Lewitt: critical texts

“A work of art may be understood as a conductor from the artist's mind to the viewer's. But it may never reach the viewer, or it may never leave the artist's mind.”

Mind May Art Artist Understood Works Of Art Viewers Conductor

Book:Sol LeWitt wall drawing 1176: seven basic colors and all their combinations in a square within a square : for Josef Albers

Source: Sol LeWitt wall drawing 1176: seven basic colors and all their combinations in a square within a square : for Josef Albers

About the Author

Born: September 9, 1928
Died: April 8, 2007
Known for: Artist
Quotes: 54

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Sol Lewitt: critical textsRelated source material

Sol LeWitt wall drawing 1176: seven basic colors and all their combinations in a square within a square : for Josef AlbersRelated source material

From the Collection of Sol LeWitt: A Traveling Exhibition Organized and Circulated by Independent Curators Incorporated, New YorkRelated source material

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