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“I wasn't really that interested in objects. I was interested in ideas.”
Source : Sol LeWitt (1995). “Sol Lewitt: critical texts”, Power House Books
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“I believe that business shouldn't be done in the public's eye anyway. And I believe that business shouldn't be handled in the magazines anyway. Business should be handled in the room amongst the people you're doing business with.”
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“Artists with the lack of proper education and experience of working from life will copy whatever is visible on the photograph, without knowing what's underneath. As a result, instead of creating the in-depth and full of character portrait, they draw a mask with no soul.”
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“You put too much stock in human intelligence, it doesn't annihilate human nature.”
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“Enlightenment is scary. Sometimes things look better in the dark.”
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“Sometimes it's easy to have ideas, but somebody has to find a way to do it. Often those responsible for finding a way don't have the idea.”
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“I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming.”
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“It rolls off my back. Ridicule doesn't mean anything - even from people you're supposed to wear knee pads around, like the scientific community.”
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“Sweat your prayers, dance your pain, and move on.”
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“The tragedy of music is that it begins with perfection.”
Source : Morton Feldman (2006). “Morton Feldman Says: Selected Interviews and Lectures 1964-1987”
