"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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"To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature.“
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"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."
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"I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art."
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