While a painting, even one that meets photographic standards of resemblance, is never more than the stating of an interpretation, a photograph is never less than the registering of an emanation (light waves reflected by objects) — a material vestige of its subject in a way that no painting can be.
Susan SontagThe truth of history crowds out the truth of fiction - as if one were obliged to choose between them.
Susan Sontag[O]ne person's 'barbarian' is another person's 'just doing what everybody else is doing.
Susan SontagLoeb has been doing wonderfully patient work, exploring the American conscience from the inside. I regard him as something of a national treasure.
Susan Sontag