The dissolution of the pictorial into sheer texture, into apparently sheer sensation, into an accumulation of repetitions, seems to speak for and answer something profound in contemporary sensibility.
Clement GreenbergIt has become apparent that art can have a startling impact without really being or saying anything startling โ or new. The character itself of being startling, spectacular, or upsetting has become conventionalized, part of safe good taste.
Clement GreenbergKitsch is deceptive. It has many different levels, and some of them are high enough to be dangerous to the naive seeker of true light.
Clement GreenbergThe avant-garde poet or artist tries in effect to imitate God by creating something valid solely on its own terms.
Clement Greenberg