All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

Clement Greenberg

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Topic

Nature of art Art

Author

Clement Greenberg

Source

The Nation

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Writer

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United States

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Citation

Greenberg, Clement. The Nation. 7 Apr. 1945.

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Another quote from the 1940s

Not one of us knows what effect his life produces, and what he gives to others; that is hidden from us and must remain so, though we are often allowed to see some little fraction of it, so that we may not lose courage.

Albert Schweitzer

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Topic
Interconnectedness of all people

Author

Albert Schweitzer
Source
Memoirs of Childhood and Youth
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
German
Time
1949 1940s 20th century
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Original Citation

Schweitzer, Albert. Aus Meiner Kindheit und Jugendzeit [Memoirs of Childhood and Youth]. C. H. Beck, 1924.

Current Citation

Scweitzer, Albert. Memoirs of Childhood and Youth, translated by Kurt Bergel and Alice R. Bergel. Syracuse University Press, 1997.

Another quote about Art

Much of modern art is devoted to lowering the threshold of what is terrible. By getting us used to what, formerly, we could not bear to see or hear, because it was too shocking, painful, or embarrassing, art changes morals.

Susan Sontag

Freak Show

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Topic
Modern art Power of art Art

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Susan Sontag
Source
Freak Show The New York Review of Books
Medium
Essay Magazine
Language
English
Time
1973 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Sontag, Susan. "Freak Show." The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 1973.

Another quote from 1945

The enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is indeed incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization. Such being the case, how are we to save the millions of our subjects, or to atone ourselves before the hallowed spirits of our imperial ancestors?... It is according to the dictate of time and fate that we have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unavoidable and suffering what is insufferable.

Emperor Hirohito

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Topic
Nuclear weapons World War II
Speaker
Emperor Hirohito
Medium
Radio broadcast Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
Japanese
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Emperor Hirohito. The Jewel Voice. 15 Aug. 1945, Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan. Broadcast.