Herbert Marcuse Quote

A work of art can be called revolutionary if, by virtue of the aesthetic transformation, it represents, in the exemplary fate of individuals, the prevailing unfreedom and the rebelling forces, thus breaking through the mystified (and petrified) social reality, and opening the horizon of change (liberation).

The Aesthetic Dimension: Toward a Critique of Marxist Aesthetics (ed. Beacon Press, 2014) - ISBN: 9780807024003