Language should find itself in the physical world, and not end up locked in an idea in somebody's head Robert Smithson More Quotes by Robert Smithson More Quotes From Robert Smithson Language operates between literal and metaphorical signification Robert Smithson metaphorical language artist Language thus becomes monumental because of the mutations of advertising Robert Smithson mutation language artist A camera is wild in just about anybody's hands, therefore one must set limits. But cameras have a life of their own. Cameras care nothing about cults or isms. They are indifferent mechanical eyes, ready to devour anything in sight. They are lenses of the unlimited reproduction. Robert Smithson eye sight hands Objects in a park suggest static repose rather than any ongoing dialectic. Parks are finished landscapes for finished art . Robert Smithson landscape ongoing art The memory of what is not may be better than the amnesia of what is. Robert Smithson amnesia may memories I'm not a fan of change for the sake of change, unless there is a really compelling reason of somebody else who can do a better job I think it's probably better he stays. Robert Smithson business