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Leo Löwenthal

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Leo Löwenthal Quotes

Total quotes: 2

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Leo Löwenthal

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Nationality: Germany

Occupations: Sociologist

Total quotes: 2

“Goethe is not disturbed because of this restless urge for novelty in itself, but rather because it prevents the kind of ripening that is essential to the creative process—that in the constant reading of newspapers about the events of yesterday. For instance, one 'wastes the days and lives from hand to mouth. without creating anything.'”

— Leo Löwenthal, Literature and Mass Culture

Tagged: ADD, Creative Process, Newspapers, Novelty

“Goethe speaks for the artist, and his own position with regard to standards is quite clear: he represents the humanistic tradition which places responsibility for the fate of culture and individual morality in the hands of the intellectual elite. This elite betrays its mission when it plays up to the cheap instincts of the populace by producing inferior books and vulgar plays. In other words, Goethe does not ask how the writer could go about gaining the attention of a large public, but the opposite: how can the public be persuaded to undertake the intellectual effort required by true art.”

— Leo Löwenthal, Literature and Mass Culture

Tagged: Creative Objectives, Cultural Elitism vs. Democratic Consumerism, Culture Industry, Defining Quality, Pop Culture

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