Robert Smithson
Robert Smithson
Robert Smithsonwas an American artist famous for his use of photography in relation to sculpture and land art...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth2 January 1938
CountryUnited States of America
Robert Smithson quotes about
art ongoing landscape
Objects in a park suggest static repose rather than any ongoing dialectic. Parks are finished landscapes for finished art .
art development metaphysical
Art's development should be dialectical and not metaphysical.
mistake mean artist
Mistakes and dead-ends often mean more to these artists than any proven problem
new-york artist cities
From the top of the quarry cliffs, one could see the New Jersey suburbs bordered by the New York City skyline.
artist fit categories
Artists are expected to fit into fraudulent categories.
photography artist years
There is something abominable about cameras, because they possess the power to invent many worlds. As an artist who has been lost in this wilderness of mechanical reproduction for many years, I do not know which world to start with. I have seen fellow artists driven to the point of frenzy by photography.
artist long cameras
As long as cameras are around no artist will be free of bewilderment.
artist expanding contracting
For many artists the universe is expanding; for some it is contracting.
art white space
A 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.
artist national-parks nostalgia
The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness.
artist facts prison
Some artists imagine they've got a hold on this apparatus, which in fact has got a hold of them. As a result, they end up supporting a cultural prison that is out of their control
art faster explosives
Art history is less explosive than the rest of history, so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time.
art sculpture architecture
Painting, sculpture and architecture are finished, but the art habit continues.
artist parks facts
Parks are idealizations of nature, but nature in fact is not a condition of the ideal.