Parks are idealizations of nature, but nature in fact is not a condition of the ideal.
Robert SmithsonSome 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 SmithsonA work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world.
Robert Smithson