The simple remark was like a sharp knife splitting open a melon in one stroke... The words split open the future in a dazzling vision, showing seeds from which much trouble could grow.
Only conservatives believe that subversion is still being carried on in the arts and that society is being shaken by it... Advanced art today is no longer a cause – it contains no moral imperative. There is no virtue in clinging to principles and standards, no vice in selling or in selling out.
