To call a work of art Kitsch is to condemn it for being bad art. But there is a great deal of bad art that we do not condemn as Kitsch. To condemn something as Kitsch is to condemn it on moral grounds. Karsten Harries More Quotes by Karsten Harries More Quotes From Karsten Harries The work of an artist who attempts lovingly to embrace reality, will ring false, will degenerate into kitsch. Karsten Harries kitsch artist reality Within the category of Kitsch we can thus distinguish between more and less successful paintings. Kitsch, too has its masterpieces. Karsten Harries kitsch painting successful How easy it is to wax lyrical over despair, to wallow in it, to enjoy it. This too is kitsch Karsten Harries kitsch despair easy The need for Kitsch arises when genuine emotion has become rare. Karsten Harries kitsch emotion needs The Kitsch consumer wants to be enchanted. Karsten Harries enchanted kitsch want Not all kitsch is sweet. Karsten Harries kitsch sweet We meet thus in kitsch with a reappropriation of the results of past struggles. Karsten Harries kitsch struggle past