Kitsch is mechanical and operates by formulas. Kitsch is vicarious…

Kitsch is mechanical and operates by formulas. Kitsch is vicarious experience and faked sensations... Kitsch is the epitome of all that is spurious in the life of our times.

Clement Greenberg

1939

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Greenberg, Clement. "Avant-Garde and Kitsch." Partisan Review, 1939.

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