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 SmithsonFrom the top of the quarry cliffs, one could see the New Jersey suburbs bordered by the New York City skyline.
Robert SmithsonHistory is representational, while time is abstract; both of these artifices may be found in museums, where they span everybody's own vacancy
Robert SmithsonA 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