I actually like Gaga, but I take the usage of these quotes more as a branding strategy targeted for an audience that has likely never heard such things before. It shouldn’t be a shock to see a pop star take part in carefully crafting their image like this. In the larger scheme of things, it shouldn’t matter that such quotes get miscredited considering how fluffy the sentiment actually is, right? I mean-what is she actually saying? I think she basically says to “be creative” in the least creative way. I think trying to divine anything more than that is conscripting her with undue credit. She isn’t a Nietsche or Barthes.

The ‘lie’ is not some kind of false fact.

But to say that how one crafts their experience in life is somehow separate from their art is a lie.

Art is a presentation of one’s self through a medium, and life (everything outside of the canvas, off the stage) is an equally creative opportunity.

Gaga will not be known for the profundity of a few compositions, but the grand performance of her life–her aesthetics, her interviews, her outreach to the gay community, etc etc which all amount to her impact / history / arttt

SEE:

Oscar Wilde’s “The Decay of Lying”

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/wilde/decay.html

The ‘lie’ is not some kind of false fact.

But to say that how one crafts their experience in life is somehow separate from their art is a lie.

Art is a presentation of one’s self through a medium, and life (everything outside of the canvas, off the stage) is an equally creative opportunity.

Gaga will not be known for the profundity of a few compositions, but the grand performance of her life–her aesthetics, her interviews, her outreach to the gay community, etc etc which all amount to her impact / history / arttt

SEE:

Oscar Wilde’s “The Decay of Lying”

http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/wilde/decay.html

Nothing deep.

Nothing deep.