A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it. Susan Sontag albumextendfamily Change image and share on social
Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims. Susan Sontag attacheblameevil Change image and share on social
Lying is an elementary means of self-defense. Susan Sontag defenseelementarylie Change image and share on social
Books are funny little portable pieces of thought. Susan Sontag bookfunnypiece Change image and share on social
In America, the photographer is not simply the person who records the past, but the one who invents it. Susan Sontag americainventpast Change image and share on social
Any critic is entitled to wrong judgments, of course. But certain lapses of judgment indicate the radical failure of an entire sensibility. Susan Sontag criticentireentitle Change image and share on social
Surrealism is a bourgeois disaffection; that its militants thought it universal is only one of the signs that it is typically bourgeois. Susan Sontag bourgeoisdisaffectionmilitant Change image and share on social
The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons. Susan Sontag abstractfamousindependent Change image and share on social
Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe. Susan Sontag catastrophechangehead Change image and share on social
In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than various modes of stylized, dehumanized representation. Susan Sontag analysisartdehumanize Change image and share on social
