Gary Saul Morson Quote

Unless created as freestanding works, quotations resemble found art. They are analogous, say, to a piece of driftwood identified as formally interesting enough to be displayed in an art museum or to a weapon moved from an anthropological to an artistic display.


The Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture (2011)


Unless created as freestanding works, quotations resemble found art. They are analogous, say, to a piece of driftwood identified as formally...

Unless created as freestanding works, quotations resemble found art. They are analogous, say, to a piece of driftwood identified as formally...

Unless created as freestanding works, quotations resemble found art. They are analogous, say, to a piece of driftwood identified as formally...

Unless created as freestanding works, quotations resemble found art. They are analogous, say, to a piece of driftwood identified as formally...