Depression is melancholy minus its charms - the animation, the fits.

Quote by Susan Sontag

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As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also...

As photographs give people an imaginary possession of a past that is unreal, they also...

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom...

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom...

Books are funny little portable pieces of thought.

Books are funny little portable pieces of thought.

In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than...

In the final analysis, style is art. And art is nothing more or less than...

I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro....

I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro....

The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there...

The truth is always something that is told, not something that is known. If there...

AIDS obliges people to think of sex as having, possibly, the direst consequences: suicide. Or...

AIDS obliges people to think of sex as having, possibly, the direst consequences: suicide. Or...

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that...

A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that...

Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests...

Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests...

Ambition, if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others.

Ambition, if it feeds at all, does so on the ambition of others.

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom...

The life of the creative man is lead, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom...

What pornographic literature does is precisely to drive a wedge between one's existence as a...

What pornographic literature does is precisely to drive a wedge between one's existence as a...

The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can...

The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can...

Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to...

Cancer patients are lied to, not just because the disease is (or is thought to...

Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style - but a particular...

Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style - but a particular...

Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential...

Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential...

It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.

It is not suffering as such that is most deeply feared but suffering that degrades.

Sanity is a cozy lie.

Sanity is a cozy lie.

Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to...

Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to...

The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art...

The aim of all commentary on art now should be to make works of art...