A work of art, so far as it is a work of art, cannot — whatever the artist's personal intention — advocate anything at all.


Against Interpretation (1966)


A work of art, so far as it is a work of art, cannot — whatever the artist's personal intention — advocate anything at all.

A work of art, so far as it is a work of art, cannot — whatever the artist's personal intention — advocate anything at all.

A work of art, so far as it is a work of art, cannot — whatever the artist's personal intention — advocate anything at all.

A work of art, so far as it is a work of art, cannot — whatever the artist's personal intention — advocate anything at all.