There's not much need for prophets who are in synch with their society.
Everything about art has become problematic; its inner life, its relation to society, even its right to exist.
The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.
Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction.
Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.
Culture is only true when implicitly critical, and the mind which forgets this revenges itself in the critics it breeds. Criticism is an indispensable element of culture.