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
I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various kinds of passionate engagement. All my work says be serious, be passionate, wake up. Susan Sontag alienationengagementexpress Change image and share on social
Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art. Susan Sontag artintellectualinterpretation Change image and share on social
A fiction about soft or easy deaths is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or demeaning. Susan Sontag considerdeathdemean Change image and share on social
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
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
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
The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing. Susan Sontag acceleratebeautychange Change image and share on social
I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams. Susan Sontag dreaminterpretlife Change image and share on social
The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art - and, by analogy, our own experience - more, rather than less, real to us. The function of criticism should be to show how it is what it is, even that it is what it is, rather than to show what it means. Susan Sontag aimanalogyart share on social
