#past

The museums and parks are graveyards above the ground- congealed memories of the past that act as a pretext for reality. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#act #graveyards #memories #museums #parks

When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#18th century #20th century #century #finished #finished work

I wanted to get away from my past and everything connected with it. ↗

— Georg Solti

#connected #everything #get #i #past

As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people to take possession of space in which they are insecure. ↗

— Susan Sontag

#give #help #help people #imaginary #insecure

I'm nearly 50. I'm past being photographed falling out of bars. ↗

— K. D. Lang

#being #falling #i #nearly #out

Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success. ↗

— Mark Spitz

#about #amount #likelihood #past #performance

With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy experience... hanging out with Fellini, having pasta on the set with Fellini, and going out with Fellini! ↗

— Terence Stamp

#dropped #experience #fear #fellini #going

I don't have a great nostalgia for the past. ↗

— Andy Summers

#i #nostalgia #past

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored. ↗

— Studs Terkel

#honored #i #past #praise #them

When I came back, I wasn't looking past this year. This is a bonus for me. I just wish it would have turned out a little better, but we all don't get what we want all the time. ↗

— Vinny Testaverde

#better #bonus #came #get #i