I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art

The most interesting characteristic of the cube is that it is relatively uninteresting. Compared to any other three-dimensional form, the cube lacks any aggressive force, implies no motion, and is least emotive. Therefore, it is the best form to use as a basic unit for any more elaborate function, the grammatical device from which the work may proceed.

Every generation renews itself in its own way; there's always a reaction against whatever is standard.

Most ideas that are successful are ludicrously simple. Successful ideas generally have the appearance of simplicity because they seem inevitable. In terms of idea the artist is free to even surprise himself. Ideas are discovered by intuition.

A blind man can make art if what is in his mind can be passed to another mind in some tangible form.

Conceptual art became the liberating idea that gave the art of the next 40 years its real impetus.

Minimal art went nowhere.