"Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future"

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Source : Robert Smithson, Jack D. Flam (1996). “Robert Smithson, the Collected Writings”, p.11, Univ of California Press

Robert Smithson

#Past Quotes #Causes Quotes #Remember Quotes

“In the evenings I studied chemistry at the University of Chicago, the weekends I helped in the family store.”
“I trained to become a professional Koran singer, from the age of 14 until I was 18. This involved learning Arabic harmony, breathing techniques, all of the things that this entails. And, of course, it involved studying the Koran.”
“Baseball can build you up to the sky one day and the next day you have to climb a stepladder to look up at a snake.”
“If I was courting the Muslim vote, I wouldn't have put establishing the partnership ceremony at the forefront of my first term, would I? I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights.”
“In the past that you should choose a list of female action superhero movies that haven't worked. I don't believe they haven't worked because they had a female in the lead, I believe they didn't work because they weren't good. They weren't technically well done movies.”

Source : "Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige Talks Choosing Directors, THE AVENGERS 2, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY, DOCTOR STRANGE, and Much, Much More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. May 8, 2013.
“Accidents and chance are words used by persons who do not think clearly when they attempt to account for certain happenings. Anyone who thinks must be convinced that in a world as orderly as this there is no room for the words accident and chance.”

Source : Harold W. Percival (2002). “Thinking And Destiny”, p.48, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
“What if we found ourselves building something that nobody wanted? In that case what did it matter if we did it on time and on budget?”
“Wal-mart started selling â€œVampire Home Defense Kitsâ€, including holy water, crosses, stakes, mallets, and a book of quick blessings to bar vampires from your door. The fact that these kits were generally useless didn't bother me nearly as much as the idea of holy water being sold at wal-mart.”

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