«In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work . . . all planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes the machine that makes the art.»
Quellenangabe:"Paragraphs on Conceptual Art," in Artforum, summer issue, 1967
«In der Konzeptkunst ist die Idee oder das Konzept der wichtigste Aspekt des Werkes ... alle, die Planung betreffenden Entscheidungen werden vorher getroffen und die Ausführung ist nur noch nebensächlich. Die Idee wird zur Maschine, die die Kunst macht.»
«The idea becomes a machine that makes art.»
«For each work of art that becomes physical there are many variations that do not.»
«I will refer to the kind of art in which I am involved as conceptual art. In conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. When an artist uses a conceptual form of art, it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makesa the art. This kind of art is not theoretical or illustrative of theories; it is intuitive, it is involved with all types of mental processes and it is purposeless. It is usually free from tge dependence on the skill of the artist as a craftsman. It is the objective of the artist who is concerned with conceptual art to make his work mentally interesting to the spectator, and therefor usually he would want it to become emotionally dry. There is no reason to suppose, however, that the conceptual artist is out to bore the viewer. It isd only the expectation of an emotional kick, to which one conditioned to expressionist art is accustomed, that would deter the viewer from perceiving this art.»
«Alle Ideen sind Kunst, wenn sie sich auf Kunst beziehen und innerhalb der Konventionen von Kunst liegen.»
«Ideen allein können Kunstwerke sein. […] Konzeption meint eine allgemeine Richtung, während Ideen Bestandteil davon sind. In den Ideen verwirklicht sich die Konzeption.»
