Art history is less explosive than the rest of history, so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time. Robert Smithson Read Quote
Some artists imagine they’ve got a hold on this apparatus, which in fact has got a hold of them. As a result, they end up supporting a cultural prison that is out of their control. Robert Smithson Read Quote
A vacant white room with lights is still a submission to the neutral. Works of art seen in such spaces seem to be going through a kind of esthetic convalescence. Robert Smithson Read Quote
Language should find itself in the physical world, and not end up locked in an idea in somebody’s head. Robert Smithson Read Quote
Language should be an ever developing procedure and not an isolated occurrence. Robert Smithson Read Quote
I am for an art that takes into account the direct effect of the elements as they exist from day to day apart from representation. Robert Smithson Read Quote
Objects in a park suggest static repose rather than any ongoing dialectic. Parks are finished landscapes for finished art . Robert Smithson Read Quote
The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. Robert Smithson Read Quote
History is a facsimile of events held together by finally biographical information. Robert Smithson Read Quote
