In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than various modes of stylized, dehumanized representation. Susan Sontag analysisartdehumanize Change image and share on social
Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art. Susan Sontag artintellectualinterpretation Change image and share on social
Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe. Susan Sontag catastrophechangehead Change image and share on social
Making social comment is an artificial place for an artist to start from. If an artist is touched by some social condition, what the artist creates will reflect that, but you can't force it. Susan Sontag artificialartistcomment Change image and share on social
I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various kinds of passionate engagement. All my work says be serious, be passionate, wake up. Susan Sontag alienationengagementexpress Change image and share on social
A fiction about soft or easy deaths is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or demeaning. Susan Sontag considerdeathdemean Change image and share on social
A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it. Susan Sontag albumextendfamily Change image and share on social
I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams. Susan Sontag dreaminterpretlife Change image and share on social
The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing. Susan Sontag acceleratebeautychange Change image and share on social
For those who live neither with religious consolations about death nor with a sense of death (or of anything else) as natural, death is the obscene mystery, the ultimate affront, the thing that cannot be controlled. It can only be denied. Susan Sontag affrontconsolationcontrol share on social