“Newspapers are an essential element and symbol of the peculiar spirit and tendency which characterizes our civilization. There is no place to which they do not penetrate; no object which they may not serve; no description of person to whom they are not welcome.”— William Empson, amazon.comTagged: Democracy, Newspapers, Openness
“The modern writer... accordingly writes for the galleries or, in other words, for that part of the audience which is least capable of judging, but the nosiest in declaring judgment.”— Leigh Hunt, amazon.comTagged: Cultural Elitism vs. Democratic Consumerism, Judgement, Mass Culture, Pop Art
“The artist may be well advised to keep his work to himself till it is completed, because no one can readily help him or advise him with it.”— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, amazon.comTagged: Advice, Art, Artist, Inner Voice, Liberal Arts
“Talking a lot of nonsense, or even writing it, will kill neither body nor soul, everything will remain unchanged.But nonsense, placed before the eyesHas a magical right:Because it fetters the sensesThe mind remains a vassal.”— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, amazon.comTagged: Lowbrow, Nonsense, Television, Why Books Are Better Than Movies
“Goethe speaks for the artist, and his own position with regard to standards is quite clear: he represents the humanistic tradition which places responsibility for the fate of culture and individual morality in the hands of the intellectual elite. This elite betrays its mission when it plays up to th…”— Leo Löwenthal, amazon.comTagged: Creative Objectives, Cultural Elitism vs. Democratic Consumerism, Culture Industry, Defining Quality, Pop Culture
“Goethe is not disturbed because of this restless urge for novelty in itself, but rather because it prevents the kind of ripening that is essential to the creative process—that in the constant reading of newspapers about the events of yesterday. For instance, one 'wastes the days and lives from hand…”— Leo Löwenthal, amazon.comTagged: ADD, Creative Process, Newspapers, Novelty
“We have newspapers for all hours of the day. A clever head could still add a few more. This way everything, what everybody does, wants, writes, even what he plans, is publicly exposed. One can only enjoy oneself, or suffer, for the entertainment of others, and in the greatest rush, this is communica…”— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, amazon.comTagged: Media Annihilation, Media Everywhere!, Newspapers