Real art has the capacity to make us nervous.

Susan Sontag

Against Interpretation

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Power of art Art

Author

Susan Sontag

Source

Against Interpretation

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1966 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Activist Philosopher Writer

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United States

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Sontag, Susan "Against Interpretation." Against Interpretation. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966.

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It was not the power of the Spaniards that destroyed the Aztec Empire but the disbelief of the Aztecs in themselves.

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Time
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The greatness of art, like poetry or music, is that it is totally unnecessary.

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Time
2011 2010s 21st century
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