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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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Robert Smithson
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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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Robert Smithson
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Art is a shadow of what a person is thinking… a small glimpse of what they hold inside. Little secrets, regrets, joys… every line has its own meaning. – Sarah, Los Cerros Middle School, 1999

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Art

The art of creation is older than the art of killing. – Edward Koch

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Art

What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldnt be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought. – David Hockney

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Art

The art of communication is the language of leadership. – James Humes

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Art

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It is easier for a camel to pass through they eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God. – Bible

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So much of our lives are defined by habit or what the guy next to us is doing, never wondering and knowing who and what we support with our actions, from the detergent Mom always used, to my favorite dish I make… A lot of my life is unexamined habit. – Kristin Bauer van Straten

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Wherever I look, I see signs of the commandment to honor ones parents and nowhere of a commandment that calls for the respect of a child. – Alice Miller

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I used to travel in tennis shoes I am just not allowed to anymore. Im an old hippie from San Francisco. – Amy Irving

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