What the overemphasis on the idea of content entails is the perennial, never consummated project of interpretation. And, conversely, it is the habit of approaching works of art in order to interpret them that sustains the fancy that there really is such a thing as the content of a work of art.


"Against Interpretation" (1964), p. 5. - Against Interpretation and Other Essays (1966)

Susan Sontag Quotes

What the overemphasis on the idea of content entails is the perennial, never consummated project of interpretation. And, conversely, it is the habit...

What the overemphasis on the idea of content entails is the perennial, never consummated project of interpretation. And, conversely, it is the habit...

What the overemphasis on the idea of content entails is the perennial, never consummated project of interpretation. And, conversely, it is the habit...

What the overemphasis on the idea of content entails is the perennial, never consummated project of interpretation. And, conversely, it is the habit...