Banality Quotes
When the ordinary becomes an industry
One quote argues television turned the manufacture of banality into a major industry rather than a small art.
Evil has always been there; it's always a part of us. Evil is no big surprise. But what about the people who gave freely, who stood up for human dignity? Even in the most extreme and terrible situations, these acts...
Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major industry.
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There is no community service in 'Seinfeld.' But rather than lauding that, I think it shows the insane banality of it.
There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art.
Against Quotes
The older I get, the more aware I am of the banality and indifference of a place like Trinidad to any development of the arts.
Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.
Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal. Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That's where the real danger lies.
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Another connects banality to politics itself, recalling a belief that political subjects weren't considered worthy material for serious art.
