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Material Quotes by Susan Sontag
- One set of messages of the society we live in is: Consume. Grow. Do what you want. Amuse yourselves. The very working of this economic…
- 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…
- Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of the imminence of takeover by aliens and real diseases are useful material.
- The writer must be four people: 1) The nut, the obsede 2) The moron 3) The stylist 4) The critic. 1 supplies the material; 2…
- Ours is a culture based on excess, on overproduction; the result is a steady loss of sharpness in our sensory experience. All the conditions of…
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- In the history of Wikileaks, nobody has claimed that the material being put out is not authentic. — Julian Assange
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- What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend… — Julian Assange
- Ideally, one should have more material than one can possibly cope with. — Frank Auerbach
- No book includes the entire world. It's limited. And so it doesn't seem like an aesthetic compromise to have to do that.… — Paul Auster
- Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he… — Sai Baba
- No, if it was up to me every record would be brand new studio material but Atlantic records asked me to put… — Sebastian Bach
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- It's nice to have material things but they're very superficial aren't they? — Mark Addy