Quote by Robert Smithson
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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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers… What we call art is a game. – Octavio Paz

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Pictures must not be too picturesque. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting. – Sun Tzu

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