Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. By reducing the work of art to its content and then interpreting that, one tames the work of art. Interpretation makes art manageable, conformable.
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Our task is not to find the maximum amount of content in a work of art, much less to squeeze more content out of the work than is already there. Our task is to cut back content so that we can see the thing at all.
Susan Sontag (January 16, 1933–December 28, 2004) in Against Interpretation
Song: “Moonlight Sonata” by Beethoven, performed by Finghin Collins