Robert Smithson Quotes

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.

Robert Smithson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 2, 1938 - July 20, 1973

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If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression.

Jim Carrey

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I play the didgeridoo using circular breathing.

Jesse Spencer

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I have to confess I'm addicted to Sky Sports News. Just the music can pull me in. And then whether it's badminton in the Czech Republic, snail pushing or mole hopping, I'm hooked.

Andrew Buchan

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And 'Queer Eye' is fascinating. It has a pinch-me-I'm-dreaming quality. It's very bourgeois, of course, and much more about the liberation of the consumer than the liberation of the democratic citizen.

Tony Kushner

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It is not an exaggeration to say that under Obama, the naturalization process - becoming a citizen - no longer requires becoming an American. The real tragedy and the real crime of the Obama plan for accelerated naturalization of millions flows from the redefinition of citizenship as a triumph of multiculturalism.

Tom Tancredo

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I've always been a fan of Westerns, but my favorite kind of Westerns mostly were Sam Peckinpah's Westerns, and they mainly took place in the West that was changing.

Roger Deakins

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Learn to think impartially.

Joseph Chamberlain

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Having balanced nutrition is also very important to keep my body in shape and healthy.

Cintia Dicker

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I loved Michael Jackson and Madonna. I styled my hair like Whitney Houston.

Concha Buika

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Music is an extraordinary vehicle for expressing emotion - very powerful emotions. That's what draws millions of people towards it. And, um, I found myself always going for these darker places and - people identify with that.

Annie Lennox

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I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us.

Anne Lamott

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During the Hollywood studio system, they looked for people who were unusual. The stars had peculiarities.

Peter Bogdanovich

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