Parks are idealizations of nature, but nature in fact is not a condition of the ideal.
Robert SmithsonLet's face it, the human eye is clumsy, sloppy, and unintelligible when compared to the camera's eye.
Robert SmithsonPhotographs are the results of a diminution of solar energy, and the camera is an entropic machine for recording gradual loss of light.
Robert SmithsonFrom the top of the quarry cliffs, one could see the New Jersey suburbs bordered by the New York City skyline.
Robert Smithson