Author: Susan Sontag

Quotes

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important purposes.

- Susan Sontag

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it.

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it.

- Susan Sontag

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams.

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams.

- Susan Sontag

Life is not significant details, illuminated by a flash, fixed forever. Photographs are.

Life is not significant details, illuminated by a flash, fixed forever. Photographs are.

- Susan Sontag

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art.

- Susan Sontag

What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.

What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.

- Susan Sontag

In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than various modes of stylized, dehumanized representation.

In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than various modes of stylized, dehumanized representation.

- Susan Sontag

As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people to take possession of space in which they are insecure.

As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also help people to take possession of space in which they are insecure.

- Susan Sontag

What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.

What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.

- Susan Sontag

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