"An architect doesn't go off with a shovel and dig his foundation and lay every brick. He's still an artist."

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Source : Sol LeWitt (1995). “Sol Lewitt: critical texts”, Power House Books

Sol LeWitt

#Artist Quotes #Bricks Quotes #Foundation Quotes

“The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all.”
“American sports are quite masculine. And football - although it's still played by men all over the world - football compared to American football is quite feminine in its artistry. And there's no padding. It's America's loss, though.”
“Write. Publish. Repeat.”
“Communications tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.”
“Whatever the challenge was, however unattainable the goal may have seemed, I never let anyone talk me out of believing in myself.”
“A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.”

Source : Irving Babbitt (2005). “On Literature, Cultures, and Religion”, p.154, Transaction Publishers
“You'll blow up a helicopter, but you won't go out with me? What is wrong with you?”
“I think in L.A., in terms of the music scene, it's a really strange place. It's really hard to get the feeling that something's happening, or the feeling that something can make it out of there.”

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