Ernst Fischer Quotes

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.
Ernst Fischer

Change, Faith, Art

I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.
Ernst Fischer

Life, Art, Imitate

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.
Ernst Fischer

Off, Succeed, Minds

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

Perfect, Become, Greatness

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.
Ernst Fischer

Time, Good, Business

To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature.
Ernst Fischer

Dreams, Become, Moral

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Biography

Nationality: Austrian

Type: Writer

Born: July 3, 1899

Died: July 31, 1972

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