One cannot carry everywhere the corpse of one's father. -Guillaume Apollinaire
The new man should have the courage to be new. -Raoul Hausmann, 1921
The word and the image are one. -Hugo Ball, 1917
Not world visions, B U T - world reality. -El Lissitsky
Our art had to be young, it had to be new, it had to integrate all the experimental tendencies of the futurists and the cubists. Above all, our art had to be international, for we believed in an Internationale of the spirit... -Richard Huelsenbeck, 1916
All doors and windows must be opened wide, so that the musty smell we have had to breathe since childhood can disappear. -Bruno Jasienski, 1921
Contrast is the mark of our age. -Theo van Doesburg, 1926
Catalogues, posters, advertisements of all sorts. Believe me, they contain the poetry of our epoch. -Guillaume Apollinaire
Paint with photos, write poetry with photos! -John Heartfield
The new book demands new writers. -El Lissitsky
The new typography is not a fashion. -Jan Tschichold
Typography must be clear communication in its most vivid form...clarity is the essence of modern printing. -L.Moholy-Nagy, 1923
Colour is a creative element, not a trimming. -Piet Zwart
A photograph neither lies nor tells the truth. -Jan Tschichold
The more uninteresting a letter, the more useful it is to the typographer. -Piet Zwart
The new man should have the courage to be new. -Raoul Hausmann, 1921
The word and the image are one. -Hugo Ball, 1917
Not world visions, B U T - world reality. -El Lissitsky
Our art had to be young, it had to be new, it had to integrate all the experimental tendencies of the futurists and the cubists. Above all, our art had to be international, for we believed in an Internationale of the spirit... -Richard Huelsenbeck, 1916
All doors and windows must be opened wide, so that the musty smell we have had to breathe since childhood can disappear. -Bruno Jasienski, 1921
Contrast is the mark of our age. -Theo van Doesburg, 1926
Catalogues, posters, advertisements of all sorts. Believe me, they contain the poetry of our epoch. -Guillaume Apollinaire
Paint with photos, write poetry with photos! -John Heartfield
The new book demands new writers. -El Lissitsky
The new typography is not a fashion. -Jan Tschichold
Typography must be clear communication in its most vivid form...clarity is the essence of modern printing. -L.Moholy-Nagy, 1923
Colour is a creative element, not a trimming. -Piet Zwart
A photograph neither lies nor tells the truth. -Jan Tschichold
The more uninteresting a letter, the more useful it is to the typographer. -Piet Zwart
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