For those who live neither with religious consolations about death nor with a sense of death (or of anything else) as natural, death is the obscene mystery, the ultimate affront, the thing that cannot be controlled. It can only be denied. Susan Sontag affrontconsolationcontrol share on social
I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro. This is a passionately racist country; it will continue to be so in the foreseeable future. Susan Sontag americaamericancommit Change image and share on social
It is not altogether wrong to say that there is no such thing as a bad photograph - only less interesting, less relevant, less mysterious ones. Susan Sontag altogetherbadinterest Change image and share on social
To photograph is to confer importance. Susan Sontag conferimportancephotograph Change image and share on social
So successful has been the camera's role in beautifying the world that photographs, rather than the world, have become the standard of the beautiful. Susan Sontag beautifulbeautifycamera Change image and share on social
The painter constructs, the photographer discloses. Susan Sontag constructdisclosepainter Change image and share on social
My idea of a writer: someone interested in everything. Susan Sontag ideainterestwriter Change image and share on social
What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine. Susan Sontag beautifulfeminineman Change image and share on social
Ambition, if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others. Susan Sontag ambitionfeed Change image and share on social
AIDS occupies such a large part in our awareness because of what it has been taken to represent. It seems the very model of all the catastrophes privileged populations feel await them. Susan Sontag aidawaitawareness Change image and share on social