Self-exposure is commendable in art only when it is of a quality and complexity that allows other people to learn about themselves from it.
Susan Sontagwriters are makers, not just transmitters, of myths. Literature offers not only myths but counter-myths, just as life offers counter-experiences - experiences that confound what you thought you thought, or felt, or believed.
Susan SontagThe two ideas are antithetical. Insofar as photography is (or should be) about the world, the photographer counts for little, but insofar as it is the instrument of intrepid, questioning subjectivity, the photographer is all.
Susan SontagOne set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse yourselves.
Susan Sontag