Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. By reducing the work of art to its content and then interpreting that, one tames the work of art. Interpretation makes art manageable, conformable.


"Against Interpretation" (1964), p. 8. - Against Interpretation and Other Essays (1966)

Susan Sontag Quotes

Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. By reducing the work of art to its content and then interpreting that, one tames the work of art....

Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. By reducing the work of art to its content and then interpreting that, one tames the work of art....

Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. By reducing the work of art to its content and then interpreting that, one tames the work of art....

Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. By reducing the work of art to its content and then interpreting that, one tames the work of art....