art is the most general condition of the Past in the present. ... Perhaps no work of art is art. It can only become art, when it is part of the past. In this normative sense, a 'contemporary' work of art would be a contradiction - except so far as we can, in the present, assimilate the present to the past.
Susan SontagIn โlife,โ I donโt want to be reduced to my work. In โwork,โ I donโt want to be reduced to my life.
Susan SontagTo photograph people is to violate them, by seeing them as they never see themselves, by having knowledge of them that they can never have.
Susan SontagMad people = People who stand alone and burn. I'm attracted to them because they give me permission to do the same.
Susan Sontag