Academic Quote by Hermann Broch

Kitsch of course only comes into existence when we recognize how and why it works.

— John Bayley

Kitsch excludes everything from its purview which is essentially unacceptable in human existence

— Milan Kundera

The value of kitsch exists in its novelty and in its connotations to more legitimate counterparts.

— Carrie Brownstein

Kitsch is all that the modern world makes that's not modern, which is most of it.

— Mike Curran

Indeed, some kitsch seems to be flawed by its very perfection, its technical virtuosity and its precise execution, its explicit knowledge of the tradition

— Robert C. Solomon

Once kitsch is interpreted ironically, it ceases to be kitsch

— Denis Dutton

Kitsch is certainly not "bad art," it forms its own closed system.

— Hermann Broch

Kitsch is deep in its superficiality. Art is superficially deep.

— Odd Nerdrum

The problem with kitsch is that it is all too profound, manipulating deep libidinal and ideological forces, while true art knows how to remain…

— Slavoj Žižek

The techniques of kitsch, which are based on imitation, are rational and operate according to formulas; the remain rational even when their result has…

— Hermann Broch

Kitsch is: a species of beauty, which, as it is florid and superficial, pleases at first; but soon palls upon the taste, and is…

— David Hume

The precondition for kitsch, is the availability of a fully matured cultural tradition, whose discoveries kitsch can take advantage of for its own ends.…

— Clement Greenberg