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Quote by Virginia Cary Hudson

“We do not earn or deserve the love of God; we already have it.”

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American author born in 1894 and died in 1954. Her works are known for their unique perspective and profound emotional depth, which have had a significant impact on 20th-century American literature. more

“One task of literature is to formulate questions and construct counterstatements to the reigning pieties. And even when art is not oppositional, the arts gravitate toward contrariness. Literature is dialogue: responsiveness. Literature might be described as the history of human responsiveness to what is alive and what is moribund as cultures evolve and interact with one another.”

Humans Art Might Culture Literature Alive Art Is Tasks Dialogue Evolve Constructs Piety Responsiveness

Book:Susan Sontag: Ansprachen aus Anlass der Verleihung

Source: Susan Sontag: Ansprachen aus Anlass der Verleihung

“art is the most general condition of the Past in the present. ... Perhaps no work of art is art. It can only become art, when it is part of the past. In this normative sense, a 'contemporary' work of art would be a contradiction - except so far as we can, in the present, assimilate the present to the past.”

Art Would Be Past Conditions Art Is Contemporary Contradiction Works Of Art

Author:Susan Sontag

“The history of art is a sequence of successful transgressions.”

Art Successful Art Is Sequence Transgression

Book:A Susan Sontag reader

Source: A Susan Sontag reader

Quote by Virginia Cary Hudson

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