John Heartfield Quotes

#1. As [John Heartfield] was playing with the fire of appearance, reality took fire around him ... The scraps of photographs that he formerly manoeuvred for the pleasure of stupification, under his fingers began to signify.

Louis Aragon

#2. A photograph can, by the addition of an unimportant spot of color, become a photomontage, a work of art of a special kind.

John Heartfield

#3. Education is either self-discovery or propaganda.

Marty Rubin

#4. I would think if you were going to quote Whitman you'd go for something not taken from Leaves Of Grass. Especially if you're going to pull the fancy cultured bitch card.

Leah Clifford

#5. Film is a lark to me - thank God I don't have to make a living from it.

Huey Lewis

#6. The important man is not the artist, but the businessman who, in the marketplace and on the battlefield, holds the reins in his hands.

John Heartfield

#7. Writing a book is like giving birth. Marketing a book is like giving birth in the 12th century.

John Heartfield

#8. I wish I'd been born with your capacity for wonder. I wouldn't mind living a shorter life if my short life could be as vivid as yours.

Sara Baume

#9. Nothing is inevitable if we are willing to contemplate what is happening.

Marshall McLuhan

#10. Photography is a mechanical device; photomontage is a piece of work done with the products of photography. This entire process forms one whole ... If I assemble documents and juxtapose them with intelligence and skill, the effect of agitation and propaganda on the masses will be enormous.

John Heartfield

#11. When you have teammates just as talented as you, it's kind of weird to get all the attention.

Sue Bird

#12. Reef lit a hemp-and-tobacco cigarette and reviewed his situation, while around him infectious melodies and rhythms went on refashioning the night.

Thomas Pynchon