“The idea that happiness could have a share in beauty would be too much of a good thing.”
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The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment by the public. The conventional is uncritically enjoyed, and the truly new is criticized with aversion.
All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.
It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed.
The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
