The creative phase of an idea coincides with the period during which it insists, cantankerously, on its boundaries, on what makes it different; but an idea becomes false and impotent when it seeks reconciliation, at cut-rate prices, with other ideas.
Susan SontagAnything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe.
Susan SontagIt's almost as if this is the fundamental procedure in modern society: duplication and recycling.
Susan Sontag