Ernst Fischer Quotes

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  In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.

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  Change, Art, Society

  Ernst Fischer, Anna Bostock (1978). “The necessity of art: a Marxist approach”, Puffin

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• As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of man.

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  Greatness, Men, Perfect

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• The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off disaster. Thus, the distraction they offer demands the antidote of maximum concentration on disaster.

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  Media, Boss, Mind

  Ernst Fischer (1969). “Art against ideology”

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