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“Kitsch is certainly not "bad art," it forms its own closed system.”

Quote by Hermann Broch

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Hermann Broch (November 1, 1886 - May 30, 1951) was an Austrian writer, one of the most important novelists of the 20th century, known for his profound psychological descriptions and complex narrative structures. more

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