"All intervening steps, scribbles, sketches, drawings, failed work models, studies thoughts, conversations, are of interest. Those that show the thought process of the artist are sometimes more interesting than the final product"

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

Sol LeWitt

#Artist Quotes #Drawing Quotes #Interesting Quotes

“The best sketch shows are from a group of tight-knit people whove worked together for a really long time.”

Source : "Scott Aukerman on Interviewing Pee Wee, Directing Justin Bieber, and Hiring Women". Interview with Karen Geier, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 17, 2013.
“I'm from Holland and the history of "Admiral" is something you would read about when you're at school. Nobody knows about these stories and when you go to any museum in Holland, you will see these paintings of these 17th century sea beckels that the Dutch were in to, so it always intrigued me.”
“Exploration is the sport of the scientist”
“When you pay attention to boredom it gets unbelievably interesting.”
“When I did 'Babe' I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products.”
“A pure heart is perhaps one which has no natural propulsion towards anything in any manner whatsoever. When in its extreme simplicity such a heart has become like a writing-tablet beautifully smoothed and polished, God comes to dwell in it and writes there His own laws.”
“Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of getting somewhere fast, which satisfies a native American urge.”
“For David Parker and Daniel Parker, with the respect and admiration of their father, who grew up with them.”

Source : Robert B. Parker (2009). “Early Autumn”, p.4, Dell

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