Quotes by Sontag, Susan

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art. Even more. It >>

The discovery of the good taste of bad taste can be very liberating. T >>

Though collecting quotations could be considered as merely an ironic m >>

Quotations about Minorities

Niggerization is the result of oppression -- and it doesn't just apply >>

Jews and homosexuals are the outstanding creative minorities in contem >>

A minority is always compelled to think. That is the blessing of being >>

Jews and homosexuals are the outstanding creative minorities in contemporary urban culture. Creative, that is, in the truest sense: they are creators of sensibilities. The two pioneering forces of modern sensibility are Jewish moral seriousness and homosexual aestheticism and irony.

Sontag, Susan