In most modern instances, interpretation amounts to the philistine refusal to leave the work of art alone. Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. By reducing the work of art to its content and then interpreting that, one tames the work of art. Interpretation makes art manageable, conformable. - Susan Sontag

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Susan Sontag: "In most modern instances, interpretation amounts to the philistine refusal to leave the work of art alone. Real art has the capacity to make us nervous. By reducing the work of art to its content and then interpreting that, one tames the work of art. Interpretation makes art manageable, conformable."

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Content	Instances	Interpretation	Interpreting
Leave	Make	Makes	Manageable
Modern	Most	Nervous	Philistine
Real	Reducing	Refusal	Tames
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