"(…) it occurred to me that there must be tens or even hundreds of thousands of people like me, going through life pretending to like the sort of things that the sort of people we would like to be are supposed to like. if my theory is right, the entire economy of the culture industry depends upon people like me, trying to be thought cultivated. it would be interesting to put it to a scientific test: wire up the average self-declared art-lover, stick him in front of a leonardo and measure his endorphin levels. then give him a flash of kylie's bum and measure them again."
tom utley schreibt über kunstverständnis und selbstreflexion.