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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 · 1939Kitsch excludes everything from its purview which is essentially unacceptable in human existence. — Milan Kundera · 1985None among us is superman enough to escape kitsch completely. No matter how we scorn it, kitsch is an integral part of the human condition. — Milan Kundera · 1984Taste1 quote
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