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Joseph Kosuth Quotes: I liked that the work itself was something other than simply what you saw It meant you could have an art work which was that idea of an art work, and its formal components weren't important.
         

I liked that the work itself was something other than simply what you saw It meant you could have an art work which was that idea of an art work, and its formal components weren't important.


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Anything can be art. Art is the relations between relations, not the relations between objects.

Anything can be art. Art is the relations between relations, not the relations between objects.



All art (after Duchamp) is conceptual (in nature) because art only exists conceptually.

All art (after Duchamp) is conceptual (in nature) because art only exists conceptually.



Seeing is not as simple as looking.

Seeing is not as simple as looking.



That celebrated marriage of science and art, photography, seemed at the time to join together how we look at the world, art, with how we were coming to know it, science.

That celebrated marriage of science and art, photography, seemed at the time to join together how we look at the world, art, with how we were coming to know it, science.



I am only describing language, not explaining anything.

I am only describing language, not explaining anything.



Change art to include yourself.

Change art to include yourself.



Making something new to look at is a futile and empty act if its only audience is the eyes.

Making something new to look at is a futile and empty act if its only audience is the eyes.





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