The arts objectify subjective reality, and subjectify outward experience of nature. Art — Susanne Katherina Langer
Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that were always there. A new — Susanne Katherina Langer
The fairytale is irresponsible; it is frankly imaginary, and its purpose is — Susanne Katherina Langer
Value exists only where there is consciousness. Where nothing ever is felt, — Susanne Katherina Langer
As comedy presents the vital rhythm of self-preservation, tragedy exhibits that of — Susanne Katherina Langer
Philosophical questions are not by their nature insoluble. They are, indeed, radically — Susanne Katherina Langer
Tragedy dramatizes human life as potentiality and fulfillment. Its virtual future, or — Susanne Katherina Langer
The function of art is to acquaint the beholder with something he has not known before. — Susanne Katherina Langer
The Past, being in the mode of memory, is closed, inalienable, and irreparable … — Susanne Katherina Langer
Ritual is the most primitive reflection of serious thought, a slow deposit, — Susanne Katherina Langer