Susan Sontag (January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer and filmmaker, professor, literary icon, and political activist.
The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities. Use this quote
Anything in history or nature that can be described as changing steadily can be seen as heading toward catastrophe. Use this quote
What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine. Use this quote
Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art. Use this quote
Most people in this society who aren't actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics. Use this quote
Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs. Use this quote
To take a photograph is to participate in another person's mortality, vulnerability, mutability. Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to time's relentless melt. Use this quote
