The truth is balance. However the opposite of truth, which is unbalance, may not be a lie.
SUSAN SONTAGReal art has the capacity to make us nervous.
More Susan Sontag Quotes
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It hurts to love. It’s like giving yourself to be flayed and knowing that at any moment the other person may just walk off with your skin.
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It is not the position, but the disposition.
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10 percent of any population is cruel, no matter what, and 10 percent is merciful, no matter what, and the remaining 80 percent can be moved in either direction.
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The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality, and eventually in one’s own.
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There is an aggression implicit in every use of the camera.
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The fear of becoming old is born of the recognition that one is not living now the life that one wishes.
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All understanding begins with our not accepting the world as it appears.
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Real art has the capacity to make us nervous.
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Self-respect. It would make me lovable. And it’s the secret to good sex.
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A photograph is not only an image (as a painting is an image), an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace, something directly stenciled off the real, like a footprint or a death mask.
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Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.
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I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.
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In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art.
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A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.
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Wherever people feel safe – they will be indifferent.
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