"A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world."

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

Robert Smithson

#Art Quotes #World Quotes #Surface Quotes

“People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.”
“Ever since we crawled out of that primordial slime, that's been our unifying cry, 'More light.' Sunlight. Torchlight. Candlelight. Neon, incandescent lights that banish the darkness from our caves to illuminate our roads, the insides of our refrigerators. Big floods for the night games at Soldier's Field. Little tiny flashlights for those books we read under the covers when we're supposed to be asleep. Light is more than watts and footcandles. Light is metaphor. Light is knowledge, light is life, light is light.”

Source : "Northern Exposure". www.imdb.com. 1990-1995.
“Every New Yorker spends a certain amount of nervous energy thinking, "How can I afford to stay here? What do I have to sell in order to stay here, where I have an economic life and where I like my life?" At least back to the beginning of the twentieth century, New Yorkers have always complained that it's hard to find a decent apartment at a rent you can afford.”
“There is always a moment in the pyramid of our lives when the apex is reached.”
“Being a father is certainly a task...but the best one that I could ever ask for. Being home, being with the family-that's what it's about.”

Source : "Thor star Chris Hemsworth's wife Elsa Pataky confirms the couple are expecting twins" by Carl Greenwood, www.mirror.co.uk. January 15, 2014.
“My philosophy is to always find the smartest people you can. Hire people smarter than you.”
“Live to please the others, and everyone will love you, except yourself.”
“I guess what inspires me is when I am watching somebody else do something that really has an impact on me. That inspires me to want to do that in return.”

Source : Source: www.refinery29.com

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