Susan Sontag Quotes

As Long As Art Is Understood And Valued As An "absolute" Activity, It Will Be A Separate, Elitist One. Elites Presuppose Masses. So Far As The Best Art Defines Itself By Essentially "priestly" Aims, It Presupposes And Confirms The Existence Of A Relatively Passive, Never Fully Initiated, Voyeuristic Laity Which Is Regularly Convoked To Watch, Listen, Read, Or Hear - And Then Sent Away.

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