The arts objectify subjective reality, and subjectify outwa… - Susanne Langer

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The arts objectify subjective reality, and subjectify outward experience of nature. Art education is the education of feeling, and a society that neglects it gives itself up to formless emotion. Bad art is corruption of feeling.

Susanne Langer

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About Susanne Langer

Susanne Katherina Langer (20 December 1895 – 17 July 1985) was an American philosopher of art, remembered for her 1942 book Philosophy in a New Key.

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Alternative Names: Susanne Knauth • Susanne K. Langer • Susanne K. née Knauth • Susanne Katherina Langer • Susanne Katherina née Knauth • Susanne K. nee Knauth • Susanne Katherina nee Knauth

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