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Robert Smithson Quotes

1938–1973 United States

Robert Irving Smithson (January 2, 1938 – July 20, 1973) was an American artist famous for his use of photography in relation to sculpture and land art.

United States
Conceptual artists

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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness.

Writing should generate ideas into matter, and not the other way around.

Spiral Jetty from atop Rozel Point, in mid-April 2005. It was created in 1970 and still exists although it has often been submerged by the fluctuating lake level. It consists of some 6500 tons of basalt, earth and salt.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Robert Smithson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.