Art peels kitsch off of life. Kitsch peels life off of language. These are two splendid syllogisms. According to the second, it appears that kitsch equals art. According to the first, however, kitsch equals language minus life.
Art equals life minus kitsch equals life minus language plus life equals two lives minus language.
But according to the second, life equals three times kitsch and, therefore, art equals six times kitsch minus language. A black hussar has it so good. The black hussars swore an oath of victory or death and meanwhile stroll around in this uniform to the delight of all the ladies.