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George Grosz Quotes

It’s an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing ‘art’ to defend their collapsing culture Picture Quote #1

The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the ‘genius’ of the personage, the greater the profit Picture Quote #1

I don’t even like to talk about it. I hated being a number and not merely because I was a very small one. I let them bellow at me for just as long as it took me to find enough pluck to bellow back at them Picture Quote #1

How did I come to be an artist ? Endless curiosity, observation, research - and a great amount of joy in the thing Picture Quote #1

I thought the war would never end. And perhaps it never did, either Picture Quote #1

I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and I knew that many great and wise people felt the same way about it Picture Quote #1

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I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self Picture Quote #1

I was disappointed, not because we had lost the war but because our people had allowed it to go on for so many years, instead of heeding the few voices of protest against all that mass insanity and slaughter Picture Quote #1

In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I might be recalled within a few months. And so I was a free man, at least for a while Picture Quote #1

The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, culture. It’s an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing art to defend their collapsing culture Picture Quote #1

The war was a mirror; it reflected man’s every virtue and every vice, and if you looked closely, like an artist at his drawings, it showed up both with unusual clarity Picture Quote #1

My drawings and paintings were done as an act of protest; I was trying by means of my work to convince the world that it is ugly, sick and hypocritical Picture Quote #1

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The neutrality and clarity of an engineering drawing is a better model for teaching about art than all the uncontrollable drivel about the cabbala and metaphysics and the ecstasy of sainthood Picture Quote #1

Painting is manual labor, no different from any other; it can be done well or poorly Picture Quote #1

I don’t even like to talk about it. I hated being a number and not merely because I was a very small one. I let them bellow at me for just as long as it took me to find enough pluck to bellow back at them Picture Quote #1

I see the future development of painting taking place in workshops... Not in any holy temple of the arts Picture Quote #1

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It’s an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing ‘art’ to defend their collapsing culture (George Grosz Quotes) The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the ‘genius’ of the personage, the greater the profit (George Grosz Quotes) I don’t even like to talk about it. I hated being a number and not merely because I was a very small one. I let them bellow at me for just as long as it took me to find enough pluck to bellow back at them. (George Grosz Quotes) How did I come to be an artist ? Endless curiosity, observation, research - and a great amount of joy in the thing (George Grosz Quotes) I thought the war would never end. And perhaps it never did, either (George Grosz Quotes) I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and I knew that many great and wise people felt the same way about it (George Grosz Quotes) I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self (George Grosz Quotes) I was disappointed, not because we had lost the war but because our people had allowed it to go on for so many years, instead of heeding the few voices of protest against all that mass insanity and slaughter (George Grosz Quotes) In 1916 I was discharged from military service, or rather, given a sort of leave of absence on the understanding that I might be recalled within a few months. And so I was a free man, at least for a while (George Grosz Quotes) The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, culture. It’s an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing art to defend their collapsing culture (George Grosz Quotes) The war was a mirror; it reflected man’s every virtue and every vice, and if you looked closely, like an artist at his drawings, it showed up both with unusual clarity (George Grosz Quotes) My drawings and paintings were done as an act of protest; I was trying by means of my work to convince the world that it is ugly, sick and hypocritical (George Grosz Quotes) The neutrality and clarity of an engineering drawing is a better model for teaching about art than all the uncontrollable drivel about the cabbala and metaphysics and the ecstasy of sainthood (George Grosz Quotes) Painting is manual labor, no different from any other; it can be done well or poorly (George Grosz Quotes) I don’t even like to talk about it. I hated being a number and not merely because I was a very small one. I let them bellow at me for just as long as it took me to find enough pluck to bellow back at them (George Grosz Quotes) I see the future development of painting taking place in workshops... Not in any holy temple of the arts (George Grosz Quotes)