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Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is. - Robert

Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is. – Robert Smithson

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When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us. – Robert Smithson

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gardening
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Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future. – Robert Smithson

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Future
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A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. – Gertrude Stein

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Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV. – Ani DiFranco

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I dont think about art when Im working. I try to think about life. – Jean-Michel Basquiat

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Art

When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college — that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, “You mean they forget?” – Howard Ikemoto

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Before enlightenment — chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment — chop wood, carry water. – Zen Buddhist Proverb

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Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them. – Alfred North Whitehead

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