Causes Quote by Milan Kundera

“Kitsch causes two tears to flow in quick succession. The first tear says: How nice to see children running on the grass! The second…

— Milan Kundera

Once kitsch is interpreted ironically, it ceases to be kitsch

— Denis Dutton

Kitsch is the daily art of our time, as the vase or the hymn was for earlier generations. For the sensibility it has that…

— Harold Rosenberg

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

“Kitsch is the inability to admit that shit exists”

— Milan Kundera

Kitsch is more dangerous than it looks when taken to the extreme.

— John Cusack

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

— John Bayley

No matter how much we scorn it, kitsch is an integral part of the human condition.

— Milan Kundera

“Kitsch is much more than a question of style; it's a preference for consolation over truth. Disney's version of reality is not just cleaned…

— Susan Neiman

Her kitsch was the image of home, all peace, quiet, and harmony, and ruled by a loving mother and a wise father. It was…

— Milan Kundera

Kitsch is very important to me.

— Oneohtrix Point Never

“If I'd had a friend next to me, I would have squeezed her arm and said, Can you believe this? - but kitsch wasn't…

— Emma Straub