“Judaism’s campaign to make divinity invisible has never fully succeeded. Images are always eluding moral control, creating the brilliant western art tradition. Idolatry is fascism of the eye. The western eye will be served, with or without the consent of conscience.”

Source: Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990), p. 139

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