Sol LeWitt Quotes

Nowhere in the job description of an artist is the requirement that I must validate your taste.

I love this freedom that has been given to me as an artist to express myself.

I always maintain that artists do not have any responsibility to do anything except cause no harm and do whatever we want to do as artists.

Art is about freedom of expression, and should not be molded to fit any propaganda or lofty ideal.

The freedom of every artist is essential.

The nice thing about the world that I've been able to inhabit for the last couple of years is that I'm given a lot of freedom. Not all artists really get that.

I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work.

No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.

My sin as a painter is that I just want to paint anything I want to paint - and repaint.

I think every artist wants to create something, on their own, without any boundaries.

Even I have certain depictions that I personally don't like, but I don't believe artists should necessarily follow a particular person's preference. They should focus on the things they like and follow their own desires.

I like artists to have some freedom.

If we pretend to respect the artist at all we must allow him his freedom of choice , in the face, in particular cases, of innumerable presumptions that the choice will not fructify.

There's such a freedom about being an artist... You're not accountable - you're this renegade thing.

I'm all about freedom in art. I'm from Texas, so when someone tells you which way to ride your horse, you think 'I'll just go to a different ranch. You guys are riding it backwards anyway.

Good or bad, the one thing I can say about my art is, if I can quote Sinatra, I did it my way.

Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.

In ceasing to subordinate creative power to any supreme value, modern art has brought home to us the presence of that creative power throughout the whole history of art.

All any artist can do is please themselves.

As a novelist, you have to be free. Books can't be an act of filial duty.

So I am totally aware that when I defend the autonomy of art I'm going counter to my own development. It's more an instinctive reaction, meant to protect the private aspect of the work, the part I am most interested in and which nowadays is at risk in our culture.

There are no categories in contemporary art. There are no rules. Artists are given the freedom to make and create whatever they please and call it whatever they please. I identify with that system, or lack of system, much more than I do the landscape of contemporary publishing.

There is no must in art because art is free.

Artists can do whatever they want!

Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject the art and entertainment that's available.