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In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect d

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

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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. – Ernst Fischer

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

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If you cant pay for a thing, dont buy it. If you cant get paid for it, dont 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, dont wait for time. – Ernst Fischer

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