Robert Smithson

Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.

Parks are idealizations of nature, but nature in fact is not a condition of the ideal.

Language operates between literal and metaphorical signification.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics.

If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched.