History is an angel being blown backwards into the future
Art can be engaged in the world without being specifically politically engaged.
I think women are excellent social critics.
Shining in the midnight moonlight, while the King sings love me tender.
I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be an artist - I'm happy to see the work.
Writers want to summarize: What does this mean? What did we learn from this? That's a very 19th-century way of thinking about art, because it assumes that it should make our lives better or teach us something.