Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is. – Robert Smithson
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
Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is. – Robert Smithson
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
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
Painting, sculpture and architecture are finished, but the art habit continues. – Robert Smithson
Social Security is a government program with a constituency made up of the old, the near old and those who hope or fear to grow old. After 215 years of trying, we have finally discovered a special interest that includes 100 percent of the population. Now we can vote ourselves rich. – P. J. ORourke