Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art. Even more. It is the revenge of the intellect upon the world. To interpret is to impoverish, to deplete the world – in order to set up a shadow world of “meanings”.
Susan Sontag
- Author
- Susan Sontag
- Year
- 1966
- Genres
- literary criticism, essay
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