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History is representational, while time is abstract; both of these artifices may be found in museums, where they span everybody's own vacancy
-Robert Smithson
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History Is Representational, While Time Is Abstract;

Robert Smithson
History is representational, while time is abstract; both of these artifices may be found in museums, where they span everybody's own vacancy
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