Norman Mailer Quote

The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people.


"Hip, Hell, and the Navigator" in Western Review No. 23 (Winter 1959); republished in Conversations with Norman Mailer (1988) edited by J. Michael Lennon.


The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people.

The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people.

The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people.

The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people.