There is something abominable about cameras, because they possess the power to invent many worlds. As an artist who has been lost in this wilderness of mechanical reproduction for many years, I do not know which world to start with. I have seen fellow artists driven to the point of frenzy by photography.
Robert SmithsonFrom the top of the quarry cliffs, one could see the New Jersey suburbs bordered by the New York City skyline.
Robert SmithsonWhen 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 SmithsonLet's face it, the human eye is clumsy, sloppy, and unintelligible when compared to the camera's eye.
Robert Smithson