"Artists are expected to fit into fraudulent categories."

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Source : Robert Smithson, Jack D. Flam (1996). “Robert Smithson, the Collected Writings”, p.154, Univ of California Press

Robert Smithson

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“Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.”
“I prefer to focus on the future. There are a lot of new stories to be heard.”

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“When I was at art college, the teachers who helped me were not the ones I agreed with, or the ones who encouraged me, but the ones who took very strong positions. Because if someone does that, you can find your own position in relation to it: what is it that I don't agree with? In the studio I want to articulate a position clearly enough so that other people can use it - or chuck it away if they don't want it.”
“If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.”
“In magic I believe I can control certain elements of my environment, I believe I can control certain aspects of my endocrine system, through imagination, visualization, breathing techniques, which in a sense come into the scientific aspects. So magic is a combination, its a soup, a delightful combination of art, imagination, visualization, fantasy, with a healthy dose of solid basis, because it is a science. The thing is we've lost the keys.”

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“Hello! The world is a mess!”

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“I'm doing one of three things: I'm writing. I'm staring out the window. Or I'm writhing on the floor.”
“I like playing around with the words; I love it when I feel like I've picked the exact right word to describe whatever it is I'm trying to describe”

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