Even the nonreligious may exercise aesthetic judgment in matters of religion, and indeed our age has given the unbelieving a sophisticated taste… — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
When objects are presented within the context of art (and until recently objects always have been used) they are as eligible for… — Joseph Kosuth Copy Share Image
Men=earthbound creatures, living in communities, endowed with common sense, sensus communis, a community sense; not autonomous, needing each other’s company even for… — Hannah Copy Share Image
Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Thus discernment, artistic or otherwise, is a critical skill, and yet it can be something we take for granted, in part because… — Kevin Simler Copy Share Image
Camp taste turns its back on the good-bad axis of ordinary aesthetic judgment. Camp doesn't reverse things. It doesn't argue that the… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“Beauty could be defined simply as 'that which pleases.' But there is another aspect to art, and that... is the sublime. Like… — Jen Wang Copy Share Image
