Quote For Today

[Otto Sell]

The Sedative Aspect of Arts

Reading this makes me think of the nazis' idea/doctrine of art, putting
everything that we (here) call art in the thrash can of "Entartete Kunst"
because it refused to fullfill the "entertain & calm you down"- function.

best
Otto

----- Original Message -----
From: Lorentzen / Nicklaus <lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de>
To: <keith at pfmentum.com>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: Quote For Today




s~Z schrieb:

> Query:  Why is it that people today don't pay attention
> to ideas in art, while in other respects they demonstrate
> an absolutely ridiculous interest in "doctrines"?
>
>       --Robert Musil


                                  that's because they want things to be
                                  structured like that: there's the serious
                                  every day life with its works and
doctrines,
                                  and then there is the world of "art &
leisure"
                                  which is to entertain & calm you down ...

 kai "möglichkeitssinn" lorentzen